protoplanetary disk

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Alternative forms

proplanetary disc (UK)

Noun

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protoplanetary disk

protoplanetary disk (plural protoplanetary disks)

(astronomy) A rotating disk of dense gas surrounding a young newly formed star, and from which planets may be formed.

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