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Questions about gas-giant planets in very close orbit to their parent star (closer than Mercury).

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What is the current accepted theory for the fate of hot Jupiters?

This is a fairly loaded question in that it depends heavily on what a "hot Jupiter" actually is defined to be. What is "hot"? What is a "Jupiter"? In reality, there's a continuum of planetary masses a …
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