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Mega-Planetary Rings
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From that paper;
Quote:. It is therefore plausible that at an age when the protoplanetary disk around the primary star Gaia21bcv has largely dissipated, a smaller (only 1 au) disk at a substantial distance from the primary star, orbiting a secondary, less massive component, has escaped disk clearing and may still persist. While it appears clear that a massive body is needed to keep that occulting disk together, this object appears to be invisible and we cannot constrain its mass.
Anything from a low-mass star, a future brown dwarf, or a young giant planet would be possible.
A young giant planet surrounded by a 1AU accretion disk would be a spectacular sight, and this disk might eventually coalesce into a system of moons. I wonder how big the Hill sphere of such an object would be; even at 'a substantial distance from the star' I'd expect the 'less massive component' to be a superjovian world or brown dwarf, if it is not a protostar.
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Mega-Planetary Rings - by Cray - 01-28-2015, 05:27 AM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by Rynn - 01-28-2015, 05:40 AM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by stevebowers. - 01-28-2015, 06:43 AM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by stevebowers. - 01-28-2015, 06:32 AM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by Drashner1 - 01-28-2015, 11:08 AM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by stevebowers. - 01-28-2015, 11:21 AM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by stevebowers. - 01-28-2015, 11:37 AM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by Rynn - 01-28-2015, 11:53 AM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by Ithuriel - 02-11-2015, 09:24 PM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by stevebowers. - 01-28-2015, 12:00 PM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by stevebowers - 01-29-2015, 02:56 AM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by sandcastles - 07-08-2016, 12:02 PM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by stevebowers - 07-08-2016, 05:34 PM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by stevebowers - 10-27-2016, 02:58 AM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by Cray - 11-02-2016, 12:54 AM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by stevebowers - 11-02-2016, 08:02 AM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by JamesRogers - 11-02-2016, 09:21 AM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by Cray - 11-02-2016, 08:43 PM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by stevebowers - 03-05-2025, 05:52 AM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by MiyuwiAuthor - 03-05-2025, 03:21 PM
RE: Mega-Planetary Rings - by stevebowers - 03-08-2025, 08:02 PM

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