Phrases with «core accretion»

"Core accretion" refers to the process of a planetary body growing by gradually accumulating matter, specifically in the core region. It describes how a planet forms from the dust and gas found in a protoplanetary disk surrounding a young star. Full definition

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Sentences with «core accretion»

Lagrange says the finding is consistent with a planet formation model known as core accretion in which the planet starts out as a rocky core that gravitationally acquires more matter from the surrounding swarm of dust and gas. (sciencemag.org)
The other suggests they arose in a two - stage process called core accretion, in which bits of material smashed and fused together to form bigger rocky, icy bodies. (sciencedaily.com)
This makes it problematic to explain the origin of directly imaged planets by core accretion at tens of AU from their stars. (planetimager.org)
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Phrases with «core accretion»

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