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proplyd

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proplyd [′präp‚lid]
(astronomy)
A disk of dense gas and dust surrounding a young star. Derived from protoplanetary disk.
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The speaker remarked that the more distant of the two jets appeared anomalously faint and explained that this seemed to provide evidence for the presence of a proto-planetary disc, or proplyd, of solid material around the star, absorbing the X-rays from the jet behind it.
Ordinary Meeting, 2008 May 28 held at the Royal Astronomical Society, ... by Ford, Dominic / Journal of the British Astronomical Association
 
 
 
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