Bodies in prograde orbits enjoy a transfer of momentum from the rotation parent body, and migrate outward. However, that is a slow process. It hasn't anything to do with any loss of mass of the Sun. Also, the atmosphere of Jupiter is enriched in noble gases, and members of the team which discovered that suggested that it indicated an origin for Jupiter that lay past the outer planets today.
>Bodies in prograde orbits enjoy a transfer of momentum from the rotation parent body, and migrate outward. However, that is a slow process. It hasn't anything to do with any loss of mass of the Sun.
True. Nevertheless, the sun has lost considerable mass, and this process has *also* led to the outwards progression of planetary orbits. There is also photon pressure and the solar winds; while trivial forces compared to the mass of the planets, nevertheless over billions of years, some effects can be seen.
"Also, the atmosphere of Jupiter is enriched in noble gases, and members of the team which discovered that suggested that it indicated an origin for Jupiter that lay past the outer planets today."
Jupiter was once a comet? Paging Cark Sagan...paging Carl Sagan...