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Planetary science

the radial drift of a giant planet that has opened a gap in its disk, locked to the viscous evolution of the disk gas.

In planetary science, Type II migration refers to the radial drift of a giant planet that has opened a gap in its disk, locked to the viscous evolution of the disk gas. This meaning comes from Lin (1986) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Lin, D. N. C., & Papaloizou, J. (1986). On the tidal interaction between protoplanets and the protoplanetary disk. III - Orbital migration of protoplanets. The Astrophysical Journal, 309, 846. https://doi.org/10.1086/164653

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