Simulation of a planet embedded in a protoplanetary disc (IMAGE)

University of Warwick

Simulation of a planet embedded in a protoplanetary disc

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Simulation of a planet embedded in a protoplanetary disc, causing disc material to pile up in a ring exterior to its orbit – Credit: Amena Faruqi / University of Warwick 

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Amena Faruqi / University of Warwick

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