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Protoplanetary disks are thought to be thin structures, with a typical vertical height much smaller than the radius, and a typical mass much smaller than the central young star. [12] The mass of a typical proto-planetary disk is dominated by its gas, however, the presence of dust grains has a major role in its evolution.
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Thus the formation of planetary systems is thought to be a natural result of star formation. A Sun-like star usually takes approximately 1 million years to form, with the protoplanetary disk evolving into a planetary system over the next 10–100 million years. [2] The protoplanetary disk is an accretion disk that feeds the central star. [3]
Radial drift is a process by which dust particles migrates in Protoplanetary disks during the formation of planetesimals.It involves the motion of solid particles within the gas-dominated environment surrounding a young star and is crucial to understanding the formation of planets from protoplanetary disks.
Disk Planet Planet distance (in AU) Notes HD 100546: Disk extends out to 17: Diameter, 721 AU [1] HD 100546 b: 6.5 – GM Aurigae: 0–300 – – – Disc is warped Lynds 1551: 0.1 – – – Binary system 45 AU apart OTS 44 – – – – Second smallest brown dwarf TW Hydrae: 80: 440 [2]
Photoevaporation is the process where energetic radiation ionises gas and causes it to disperse away from the ionising source. The term is typically used in an astrophysical context where ultraviolet radiation from hot stars acts on clouds of material such as molecular clouds, protoplanetary disks, or planetary atmospheres.
A protoplanet is a large planetary embryo that originated within a protoplanetary disk and has undergone internal melting to produce a differentiated interior. Protoplanets are thought to form out of kilometer-sized planetesimals that gravitationally perturb each other's orbits and collide, gradually coalescing into the dominant planets .
Planetary migration occurs when a planet or other body in orbit around a star interacts with a disk of gas or planetesimals, resulting in the alteration of its orbital parameters, especially its semi-major axis. Planetary migration is the most likely explanation for hot Jupiters (exoplanets with Jovian masses but orbits of