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corotation torque

(a torque on a planet from co-orbiting planetary disk material)

Corotation torque is a type of torque that can be imposed on a planet by a circumstellar disk, i.e., a gas disk in Keplerian orbit around the star. Gravitational forces between the planet and nearby disk material surrounding it can affect the planet's orbit, slowing it, given some disk characteristics. It is a factor in planetary migration, specifically, Type I migration, an inward migration which might help explain cases of planets currently in orbits where models say they would not form, such as hot Jupiters.


(planet formation,migration)
Further reading:
http://www.science.gov/topicpages/p/positive+corotation+torque.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011A%26A...533A..84B/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009MNRAS.394.2283P/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014MNRAS.444.2031P/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017A%26A...601A..15L/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992LPI....23.1491W/abstract
https://www.slideserve.com/chesna/planetary-formation-and-migration-theory

Referenced by pages:
corotation resonance
Lindblad torque

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