Uranus Moon Simulations Suggest Solar System Once Had More Giant Planets

Executive Briefing

• Reveals that 85% of solar system evolution simulations resulted in Uranus' moon system collapsing during planetary instability
• Suggests Uranus' moon Miranda is debris from a larger body, serving as evidence of ancient gravitational chaos
• Finds that current Uranus moon configurations are best explained by models including now-ejected giant planets
• Proposes that a NASA/ESA Uranus mission in the 2040s could confirm Miranda's reconstructed origin
• Connects moon data with Trojan asteroids and Oort cloud as converging evidence for missing planetary bodies