Archive · 14 Jun 2025
Jupiter Kicked Gas Giant from Solar System, Theory Suggests
Long ago, Jupiter may have kicked a gas giant out of our solar system.
This theory is supported by the orbits of the planets.
The ejected planet may be Planet Nine or a rogue planet.
Scientists studied the moons of Jupiter and Saturn to support this theory, helping to explain how the solar system developed.
A gas giant may have been ejected from the solar system billions of years ago.
Jupiter is the likely cause of the ejection of the gas giant.
The ejected planet might be a rogue planet or Planet Nine.
The "Jumping-Jupiter" scenario proposes inward migration and planet ejection.
Moons of Jupiter and Saturn support the ejection theory.
- Who
- Jupiter likely ejected the planet.
- What
- A gas giant was ejected from the solar system.
- When
- Billions of years ago.
- Where
- Deep in space, possibly as Planet Nine.
- Why
- To explain the orbits of other planets and structure of the solar system.
Scientific Consensus
Ongoing Research
Ejection Event
Scientific Consensus
Jupiter ejected a gas giant.
Ongoing Research
Specific details, such as exact location, are uncertain.
- Ejected Planet Type
- Gas Giant
- Culprit
- Jupiter
- Theory Name
- Jumping-Jupiter
- Proposed Location
- Interstellar space or Planet Nine
- Time Frame
- Billions of years ago