Eccentricity evolution of giant planet orbits due to circumstellar disk torques

@article{Moorhead2007EccentricityEO,
  title={Eccentricity evolution of giant planet orbits due to circumstellar disk torques},
  author={Althea V. Moorhead and Fred C. Adams},
  journal={Icarus},
  year={2007},
  volume={193},
  pages={475-484}
}
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