This week we continue the journey from the formation of the universe to this little blue planet of ours as we look at the formation of the solar system and face Isaac Newton’s dilemma.  Here again we see God’s hand.“Though these bodies may, indeed, persevere in their orbits by the mere laws of gravity, yet they could by no means have at first derived the regular position of the orbits themselves from those laws…[Thus] this most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful being.”  Isaac Newton, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, 1687“These gas giant planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – with their respective masses, distances from the Sun, and orbital configurations, not only served as the inner planet’s protective “fence” but also influenced Earth’s mass, distance from the Sun, and orbital features, all of which turned out to be just right to allow for the possibility and survivability of (later) advanced life.”  Ross, Improbable Planet, 2016

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