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Type I migration: a standalone construct

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Astrophysics

inward or outward orbital drift of a low-mass protoplanet caused by the net torque from density waves it raises in the gas disk, without opening a gap.

In astrophysics, Type I migration refers to inward or outward orbital drift of a low-mass protoplanet caused by the net torque from density waves it raises in the gas disk, without opening a gap. This meaning comes from Ward (1997) in Icarus.[1]

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References

Ward, W. R. (1997). Protoplanet Migration by Nebula Tides. Icarus, 126(2), 261-281. https://doi.org/10.1006/icar.1996.5647

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