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The 57 pages that link to Protoplanetary disk, each with the reason it gives.

• Star formationBroader topic: Disks left around young stars connect stellar birth to planetary-system formation.

• Molecular cloudBroader topic: The cloud's collapsing material can form the disks that seed planetary systems.

• Accretion diskBroader topic: Dust grains and gas in these disks accrete onto the star while assembling planetary systems.

• Star systemBroader topic: The disk is the material reservoir from which many planetary systems develop.

• AsteroidRelated: Asteroids originated as solid material in the Sun’s early disk.

• Planetary migrationRelated: Its gravity and fluid response can drive migration before the gas disperses.

• Interstellar dustRelated: Dust grains in these disks collide, grow, and supply the solid building material of planets.

• Kuiper beltRelated: The Kuiper belt's objects began as planet-building material in the Sun's disk.

• Solar SystemRelated: The Solar System’s early disk set the conditions for planet formation.

• Asteroid beltNarrower topic: The belt is leftover material from the disk that formed the Solar System.

• Gravitational instabilityRelated: Strong disk self-gravity can fragment the disk into bound clumps.

• PlanetRelated: Planet formation begins in the material orbiting a young star.

• PlanetesimalNarrower topic: Planetesimals originate within this planet-forming environment.

• Solar System formationBroader topic: The Solar System’s planets assembled within this disk around the newly forming Sun.

• CeresNarrower topic: Ceres formed from the material left over from the Sun’s planet-forming disk.

• Orion NebulaBroader topic: Many young stars in the nebula retain disks exposed to intense radiation.

• Planet formationNarrower topic: Planet formation begins within this rotating reservoir of material.

• Solar nebulaRelated: Disks observed around young stars provide modern analogues for the solar nebula.

• Planetary ringsCompared with: It is a much larger disk whose material can accrete into planets.

• Accretion (astrophysics)Broader topic: Observed disks provide direct evidence of environments where accretion occurs.

• Mean-motion resonanceNarrower topic: Disk-driven migration can change planetary period ratios and establish resonant chains.

• Pebble accretionNarrower topic: Pebble accretion takes place within this gas-rich environment.

• Very Large ArrayBroader topic: The array detects radio emission from cold dust and molecular gas in these disks.

• Core accretionNarrower topic: Its gas and solids supply the material from which cores and atmospheres grow.

• Grand Tack hypothesisNarrower topic: The disk supplies the torques that move Jupiter and Saturn.

• Rings of SaturnCompared with: Both systems are particulate disks, but Saturn’s rings are far smaller and lack abundant gas.

• Gas giantNarrower topic: Gas giants originate in the gas-rich disks around young stars.

• T Tauri starRelated: Its evolving structure records the conditions for planet formation around T Tauri stars.

• Herschel Space ObservatoryRelated: Herschel measured water and other molecules in disks that supply material for planets.

• Nebular hypothesisRelated: The disk provides the setting and raw material for planetary assembly.

• Terrestrial planetNarrower topic: Terrestrial planets assembled from solid material in the inner regions of the Sun’s disk.

• AstrochemistryBroader topic: Its molecular inventory records conditions during planet formation.

• Disk instabilityNarrower topic: The model operates within the massive, cold outer regions of these disks.

• Dust coagulationNarrower topic: It provides the setting in which dust coagulation can begin building planetary solids.

• Planetary accretionNarrower topic: Accretion takes place within this reservoir of solid material and gas.

• Spitzer Space TelescopeRelated: Infrared observations traced warm dust and molecules in planet-forming disks.

• Comet nucleusNarrower topic: The nucleus’s building materials originated in the Sun’s protoplanetary disk.

• Cosmic dustBroader topic: Dust in these disks gathers into larger solids that can become planetesimals.

• Debris diskCompared with: Unlike a debris disk, it retains abundant primordial gas and supports early planet-building processes.

• Interstellar objectNarrower topic: Interstellar visitors are likely fragments ejected from such disks during planetary-system formation.

• Orbital migrationRelated: Its gas and solids provide material that exchanges momentum with forming planets.

• PhotoevaporationBroader topic: Stellar radiation can disperse its gas and limit the time available for planet formation.

• Circumstellar mediumCompared with: Unlike an evolved star’s ejecta, this circumstellar material is primarily a setting for planet formation.

• Pre-main-sequence starRelated: Its evolution alongside the central star links stellar youth to the formation of planetary systems.

• Large Binocular TelescopeRelated: Infrared imaging can reveal structures in disks that mark planet-forming processes.

• Planetary systemRelated: It supplies the material from which planets and smaller bodies assemble.

• Substellar objectRelated: Disk-based formation can produce objects in the planetary-mass range.

• ProplydNarrower topic: A proplyd is an externally irradiated, observable instance of a protoplanetary disk.

• Carbon planetRelated: Disk chemistry and transport determine whether carbon-rich building material can accumulate.

• Herbig Ae/Be starRelated: The circumstellar disks around these stars can host planet formation.