Nov 11, 2019
546: Weird Issues: Planetary Migration
Astronomy Cast 546: Weird Issues: Planetary Migration
by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
Before we discovered other planets, our Solar System seemed like a perfectly reasonable template for everywhere. But now we see massive planets close to their stars, which leads you to the question, how does it all get there. Do the planets form in place or do they migrate around?