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The abundance of hot Jupiters is probably the most vivid example that planetary migration is ubiquitous. Jupiter-sized planets need to form far away from their
by antognini 10y ago
The abundance of hot Jupiters is probably the most vivid example that planetary migration is ubiquitous. Jupiter-sized planets need to form far away from their host stars, but many of them eventually end up very close, much closer than Mercury is to our Sun.