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Hot Jupiters are thought to have moved closer to their parent star than where they originateddue to:


A) gravitational interactions with the gas disk.
B) magnetic attraction to the parent star.
C) interactions with another star.
D) large impacts.
E) many small impacts.

F) None of the above
G) C) and E)

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