Planetary Migration

Highlights

• ›Planets drift through the disk — how hot Jupiters get close in

Methods, worlds & facilities

• Hot Jupiter
• Protoplanetary Disks
• Core Accretion

Across exoplanet science

• The Rossiter–McLaughlin Effect

Knowledge connections

• Associated withThe Rossiter–McLaughlin Effect
• Associated withHot Jupiter
• Associated withProtoplanetary Disks
• Associated withCore Accretion

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

  Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.