The Exact Age of Jupiter Determined for the First Time## Conversation with Claude

An international group of scientists has discovered that Jupiter formed 1.8 million years after the emergence of the Solar System. The research is published in the journal Scientific Reports.

In their work, specialists from Japan and Italy relied on the study of chondrules - solidified droplets of molten silicate material up to a millimeter in size, found in meteorites. Using an artificial intelligence (AI) model, scientists determined that chondrules formed 1.8 million years after the formation of the Solar System - this is considered the exact age of Jupiter.

The article states that over 4.5 billion years, Jupiter has grown to colossal dimensions. The powerful gravitational attraction of the planet disrupted the orbits of small rocky and icy bodies - planetesimals. As a result of their collisions with each other at high temperatures, chondrules were formed, which reached Earth billions of years later with meteorites.

"Our model also shows that the formation of chondrules coincides with the intensive accumulation of nebular gas by Jupiter, which led to it reaching enormous sizes," said co-author of the study, Dr. Diego Turrini.

According to scientists, by studying chondrules of different ages, it is possible to trace the order of planet formation and understand how the Solar System developed.