Astronomers believe that the "hot Jupiters" found orbiting other stars must have migrated inward over time by
A) losing orbital angular momentum.
B) colliding with another planet.
C) slowly accreting large amounts of gas and increasing their gravitational pull.
D) losing their gas due to evaporation.
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