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What If Saturn Never Formed

If Saturn didn't form, its highly likely the Earth would not exist. Jupiter continuously moved inwards due to the protoplanetary disc in the solar system pulling it in. It was the formation of Saturn that stopped this progress, and pulled Jupiter out again. With no saturn, it is likely Jupiter would have destroyed and swallowed all of the material that would have formed the 6 main Inner Solar System Objects: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Theia, Mars and Ceres. It is also likely Jupiter would have far fewer moons, but the moons it did have may have been far more massive than its current ones. Uranus and Neptune would likely have swallowed the remaining material that would have formed Saturn. A Fifth Giant would likely have not been kicked out of the system, but still would not have been massive enough to stop Jupiter's Spiral. While Mercury may have existed still, it would likely be a dwarf planet in a ring of debris like Ceres today, as jupiter prevents it from forming a larger object. Triton may also have never been captured by Neptune as Neptune would likely be closer to the Sun, away from its orbit.

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