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Planetary orbits can change substantially after formation.
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A planet gravitationally perturbs nearby gas or planetesimals and receives an equal-and-opposite change in orbital angular momentum.
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Hot Jupiters demonstrate that some giant planets now orbit far inside the cold regions where they are thought to have formed.