protoplanetary disk
noun1
Astronomy, Natural sciences A rotating disk of dense gas and dust surrounding a young newly formed star, and from which planets may be formed.
- Related terms
- circumplanetary disc, circumplanetary disk, disc, disk, interplanetary disc, inter-planetary disc, inter-planetary disk, interplanetary disk, interplanetary plane, inter-planetary plane, planet, planetary, planetary disc, planetary disk, planetary plane, proto-planet, protoplanet, proto-planetary, protoplanetary
- Hypernyms
- circumstellar disc, circumstellar disk, debris disc, debris disk, disc, disk
- Coordinate terms
- asteroid, ecliptic, ecliptic plane, meteoroid, minor planet, planemo, planetary core, planetary embryo, planetary-mass object, planetary object, planetessimal, planetoid, protoplanetary core, proto-planetary core