PROTOPLANETARY DISK AND STELLAR SYSTEM FORMATION By: Paige Hill, Maddy Bewick, and Aviana Catarisano
Jan 04, 2016
PROTOPLANETARY DISK AND STELLAR SYSTEM FORMATION
By: Paige Hill, Maddy Bewick, and Aviana Catarisano
Protoplanetary Disk
A protoplanetary disk is a rotating circumstellar disk of dense gas surrounding a young newly formed star (“Protoplanetary Disk”)
Circumstellar Disk- revolving around or surrounding a star.
Video
http://www.space.com/16132-formation-planets-protoplanetary-disk.htm
This shows a newly formed star surrounded by a swirling protoplanetary disk of dust and gas (Formation of Planets in Protoplanetary Disk).
How it is formed
Protoplanetary disks are formed by surrounding components of close binary systems with respect to temperature and size (“Binary System (astronomy)”).
Binary System – a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common center of mass. It consists of brown dwarfs, planets, galaxies and asteroids
Pictures
This protoplanetary disk is the seed material from which planets then form
Works Cited
"Binary system (astronomy)." Wikipedia. 29 Mar. 2013. Wikimedia Foundation. 12 Apr. 2013 <http://en.wikipedia.org
Formation of Planets in a Protoplanetary Disk | Video | Space.com." Space.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2013
"Protoplanetary Disk." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 04 Sept. 2013. Web. 11 Apr. 2013.