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circumplanetary disk

(disk of dust and gas around a planet)

A circumplanetary disk is a disk surrounding a planet analogous to a circumstellar disk around a star. These are theorized and there exist candidates for such disks around known extra-solar planets. They are presumed to occur in young systems and presumed to be a significant source of moons.

Saturn's ring system can be classified as a circumplanetary disk of sorts, but the term was likely coined for disks occurring around the time of a planet's formation, i.e., when its moons generally formed. Saturn's rings are thought possibly to be leftovers from such a disk, or possibly debris from moons, broken up by impact or tidal force.


(disk type,object type,planets)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumplanetary_disk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_system_(astronomy)
https://physics.ucf.edu/~pcubillos/resources/presentations/CircumplanetaryDiskFormation.pdf
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010AJ....140.1168W/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017MNRAS.464.3158S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ApJ...879L..25I/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022A%26A...667A..95O/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022ApJ...934L..20B/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024Icar..41516044T/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025ApJ...987..216S/abstract

Referenced by pages:
disk
Moon formation
PDS 70

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