The Astronomy Thread

For it to be a gas giant, it is quite possible it formed closer than it is now and something knocked it into a further orbit. The early solar system was a lot more chaotic and full. For example, Earth is basically two planets that got mashed together billions of years ago. Uranus (uh huh huh huh) also has a messed up rotational axis which has been a mystery - imagine if it was thrown off by an interaction with this mystery planet