The standard model of terrestrial planet formation ignores the role of orbital migration of planetary embryos. A new scenario shows how migration may have sculpted the inner Solar System’s orbital architecture, as long as embryos converged towards about 1 au.
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Raymond, S.N. A terrestrial convergence. Nat Astron 5, 875–876 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01488-9
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