Planet formation
Planetary Migration
Planets do not necessarily stay where they form: gravitational interaction with the gas disk, or later with other bodies, can move them inward or outward over time. Migration is the standard explanation for hot Jupiters — giant planets on scorching close-in orbits where they could not have formed — and shapes the architecture of whole systems.
Highlights
- ›Planets drift through the disk — how hot Jupiters get close in
Methods, worlds & facilities
Across exoplanet science
Knowledge connections
- Associated withThe Rossiter–McLaughlin Effect
- Associated withHot Jupiter
- Associated withProtoplanetary Disks
- Associated withCore Accretion
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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