Our solar system appears stable and predictable. However, over millions of years, it is a chaotic dynamical system.

 

Gravitational nudges between planets compound to produce changes that make long term planetary positions unpredictable. It is called the 3-body problem.

 

In addition, the early solar system endured cataclysmic collisions between planets. Evidence of this is present today on Mercury, Venus, Earth, Uranus and our moon.

 

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