News Archives Astrobiology Science News 10 January 2008 By Keith Cowing January 10, 2008 Formation of Hot Planets by a combination of planet scattering, tidal circularization, and Kozai mechanism Parameters and Predictions for the Long-Period Transiting Planet HD 17156b Keith Cowing SpaceRef co-founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber. Follow on Twitter