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Survey of Exo-Neptunes Defines System Gravitational Evolution
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Universe Today
These each react very differently to the forces present during the formation of planetary system, which the paper also defines as two different categories.
Disk-drive migration (DDM) is a “gentle” process of dragging a planet toward the star using gravitational pull, and typically happens early in the formation of a system.
It results from a gravitational nudge, either from a companion star or another planet in the system, that throws the entire system into gravitational chaos.
Miller (Caltech/IPAC)The “ridge” that holes the overabundance of Neptunes, appears to be where many exo-Neptunes end their gravitational journey of both DDM and HEM.
As they begin to, maybe they’ll come up with another great acronym for their planetary evolution theory - A Realistic Reckoning About Kool Interplantery System - ARRAKIS - anyone?
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