Circumplanetary disk
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title:
Circumplanetary disk
text:
A circumplanetary disk is a torus, pancake or ring-shaped accumulation of matter composed of gas, dust, planetesimals, asteroids or collision fragments in orbit around a planet. They are reservoirs of material out of which moons may form. Such a disk can manifest itself in various ways. In August 2018, astronomers reported the probable detection of a circumplanetary disk around CS Cha B. The authors state that "The CS Cha system is the only system in which a circumplanetary disc is likely presen
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Accumulation of matter around a planet
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumplanetary_disk
date created:
2019-07-12T01:16:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T16:38:32Z
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