Is the Solar System Special?

This video was sponsored by CuriosityStream - sign up for CuriosityStream at https://curiositystream.com/CoolWorlds to get a year's subscription for $14.99. Before we discovered any exoplanets, it was generally assumed the Solar System was just a typical planetary system. More and more though, we are finding that the Solar System might not be so ordinary afterall. Join us today as we explore the question - is the Solar System unusual? Written & presented by Prof David Kipping → Support our research program: https://www.coolworldslab.com/support → Get Stash here! https://teespring.com/stores/cool-wor... THANK-YOU to our supporters D. Smith, M. Sloan, L. Sanborn, C. Bottaccini, D. Daughaday,A. Jones, S. Brownlee, G. Fulton, N. Kildal, M. Lijoi, Z. Star, E. West, T. Zanjonc, C. Wolfred, F. Rebolledo, L. Skov, E. Wilson, A. de Vaal, M. Elliott, B. Daniluk, M. Forbes, S. Vystoropskyi, S. Lee, Z. Danielson, C. Fitzgerald, V. Alexandrov, L. Macchia, C. Souter, M. Gillette, T. Jeffcoat, H. Jensen, F. Linker, J. Rockett, N. Fredrickson, B. Mlazgar, D. Holland, J. Alexander, E. Hanway, J. Molnar, D. Murphree, S. Hannum, T. Donkin, K. Myers, A. Schoen, K. Dabrowski, J. Black, R. Ramezankhani, J. Armstrong, K. Weber, S. Marks, L. Robinson, F. van Exter, S. Roulier, B. Smith, P. Masterson, R. Sievers, D. Christensen, J. Davison, R. Brook & R. Hartwell. ::References:: ► He et al. (2020), "Architectures of Exoplanetary Systems. II: An Increase in Inner Planetary System Occurrence Toward Later Spectral Types for Kepler's FGK Dwarfs", AJ 161, 24: https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.04348 ► Poleski et al. (2021), "Wide-orbit exoplanets are common. Analysis of nearly 20 years of OGLE microlensing survey data", Acta Astronautica 71, 1: https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.02079 ► Foreman-Mackey et al. (2014), "Exoplanet population inference and the abundance of Earth analogs from noisy, incomplete catalogs", ApJ 795, 12: https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.3020 ► Wittenmyer et al. (2016), "The Anglo-Australian Planet Search XXIV: The Frequency of Jupiter Analogs", ApJ 819, 28: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.05465 ► Bryan et al. (2019), "An Excess of Jupiter Analogs in Super-Earth Systems", AJ 157, 18: https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.08799 ::Music:: Music licensed by SoundStripe.com (SS) [shorturl.at/ptBHI], or via Creative Commons (CC) Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., or with permission from the artist ► Joachim Heinrich - Stjarna ► Falls - Ripley ► Falls - Life in Binary ► Chris Zabriskie - The Sun is Scheduled to Come Out Tomorrow ► Joachim Heinrich - Cassiopeia ► Painted Deserts - Shimmer ► Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Two ► Joachim Heinrich - Stratosphere ► Indive - Fusion ::Chapters:: 00:00 Mediocrity 07:54 Typical Systems 11:27 Sponsorship 12:54 Solar System Analogs 20:00 Final Thoughts 22:01 Outro and Credits #SolarSystem #AreWeUnusual #CoolWorlds