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Everything about Planetary migration
Astronomical phenomenon
Planetary migration occurs when a planet or other body in orbit around a star interacts with a disk of gas or planetesimals, resulting in the alteration of its orbital parameters, especially its semi-major axis. Planetary migration is the most likely explanation for hot Jupiters. The generally accepted theory of planet formation from a protoplanetary disk predicts that such planets cannot form so close to their stars, as there is insufficient mass at such small radii and the temperature is too high to allow the formation of rocky or icy planetesimals. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Planetary migrationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A Review of the Migration of Hydrogen From the Planetary to Basin ScaleInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Planetary SpectersThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Formation of planetary systems by pebble accretion and migrationCited 251 times
- Go sideways: Five-planet Nice modelA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Jumping-Jupiter scenarioA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Formation of planetary systems by pebble accretion and migration
Formation of planetary systems by pebble accretion and migration
Planet heating prevents inward migration of planetary cores
Type I Planetary Migration in a Self‐Gravitating Disk
Type I Planetary Migration with MHD Turbulence
How planetary growth outperforms migration
Impacts of planet migration models on planetary populations
Kinematics of Roller Migration in the Planetary Roller Screw Mechanism
🆕 Influential since 2022
A Review of the Migration of Hydrogen From the Planetary to Basin Scale
Preventing extinction in an age of species migration and planetary change
Arthropod-borne disease challenges from planetary warming, urbanization, and migration
Counter-urbanization or extended urbanization: theorizing lifestyle migration and small cities in the planetary urban
Parables for Planetary Crisis: Storytelling and Multispecies Migration in Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island
📚 Books worth reading
Planetary SpectersNeel Ahuja · 2021
One of ten billion earthsKarel Schrijver · 2018- 📕Can a migrating gas giant planet retain a system of moons?William J Carpenter · 2001
UniverseGiles Sparrow · 2012
Big history and the future of humanityFred Spier · 2010
Mobility justiceMimi Sheller · 2018
New Interpretations on Indus Valley civilizationJeyakumar Ramasami · 2009
New Interpretations on Indus Valley civilizationJeyakumar Ramasami · 2009
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