Rice University: Early Planetary Migration Can Explain Missing Planets
November 08, 2022
November 08, 2022
HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 8 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release:
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Model accounts for scarcity of planets with masses between super-Earths and mini-Neptunes
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A new model that accounts for the interplay of forces acting on newborn planets can explain two puzzling observations that have cropped up repeatedly among the more than 3,800 planetary systems cataloged to date.
One puzzle known as the "radi . . .
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Model accounts for scarcity of planets with masses between super-Earths and mini-Neptunes
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A new model that accounts for the interplay of forces acting on newborn planets can explain two puzzling observations that have cropped up repeatedly among the more than 3,800 planetary systems cataloged to date.
One puzzle known as the "radi . . .