Exoplanet Disks In Formation
This visualization provides a full 360-degree rotating tour of the disk, face-on to edge-on and back.
These visualizations were developed using a simulation run from the SMACK (Superparticle-Method Algorithm for Collisions in Kuiper belts) code.
This is a still image from the run illustrating an edge-on view of the disk.
This visualization was generated using half of the disk, tilting down from top view to edge on to better reveal the profile of the disk material.
This is a thin sliver of disk particles along a line through the disk. This was generated to highlight the particle profile.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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Visualizer
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientists
- Erika Nesvold (UMBC)
- Marc Kuchner (NASA/GSFC)
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Producer
- Scott Wiessinger (USRA)
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Writer
- Francis Reddy (Syneren Technologies)
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Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, June 25, 2015.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:49 PM EDT.