An early epoch of planetary migration could explain the current orbits of the giant planets, the origin of Jupiter's Trojans, and an intense bombardment of the early Solar System with a shower of asteroids and comets.
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Hahn, J. When giants roamed. Nature 435, 432–433 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/435432a
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