Phrases with «debris discs»

"Debris discs" refers to rings of leftover rocks and dust that orbit around young stars in outer space. These discs are formed from the planetary material that didn't come together to form planets, and they can provide scientists with valuable information about the early stages of star and planet formation. Full definition

Sentences with «debris discs»

  • The incidence of debris discs is similar for active (young) and inactive (old) stars. (arxiv.org)
  • In our models we consider collisions, direct radiation pressure, and drag forces, i.e. the actual physical processes operating in debris discs. (arxiv.org)
  • The majority of these systems are unresolved and analysis of the dust properties is limited by the lack of information regarding the dust location.vThe Herschel DUNES key program is observing 133 nearby, Sun - like stars (< 20 pc, FGK spectral type) in a volume... ▽ More Dusty debris discs around main sequence stars are thought to be the result of continuous collisional grinding of planetesimals in the system. (arxiv.org)
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