Eccentric Extrasolar Planets: The Jumpin
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F. Marzari; S.J. Weidenschilling
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Article
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2002
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Most extrasolar planets discovered to date are more massive than Jupiter, in surprisingly small orbits (semimajor axes less than 3 AU). Many of these have significant orbital eccentricities. Such orbits may be the product of dynamical interactions in multiplanet systems. We examine outcomes of such