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A new study published on the Arxiv preprint site “The role of Jupiter in the orbital evolution of the Earth”, is devoted to the influence Jupiter on our planet and on the development of life on it. Jupiter with his mass, which is 320 times the mass of the Earth, gravitationally affects not only asteroids, but also all the planets of our system, including our own. What if Jupiter had more eccentric orbit? How would he then interact with our planet, and how much sun would the surface of the earth receive? Scientists believe that by creating various models of mutual influence planets on top of each other, they will be able to narrow the circle of search for inhabited planets in the systems of other stars, where there are also planets, Earth-like, and gas giants like Jupiter. David Wotham (David Waltham) and Jonti Horner created various Models of the Solar System. In each model, seven planets of the system were in the same initial conditions (we are talking about mass, location and orbit). The eighth planet, Jupiter, had the same mass, however changed its orbit (eccentricity: from cyclic to elliptical) and position (closer to the Sun and farther from it). Using tens of thousands of movements, scientists have explored how each the model changes over time, recording orbital Earth parameters and creating a map of the results. As a result it turned out that changes in the position and orbit of Jupiter had a slight effect on the orbit and tilt of the Earth’s axis, however, the effect on the climate of our planet is still unclear. Now scientists are working with climatologist James Gilmore to better understand how a change in the inclination of the axis or orbit of the Earth could affect the development of life on Earth. A change in tilt would affect times years, and a change in orbit would affect the amount of the Sun, which gets the surface.
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