Universe  ID: 4317

Exoplanet Disks In Formation

Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on June 25, 2015
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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.
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This is a still image from the run illustrating an edge-on view of the disk.
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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.
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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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Visualization Credits

Tom Bridgman (GST): Lead Visualizer
Erika Nesvold (UMBC): Scientist
Marc Kuchner (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Producer
Francis Reddy (Syneren Technologies): Writer
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

Science Paper:
A SMACK Model of Colliding Planetesimals and Dust in the β Pictoris Debris Disk: Thermal Radiation and Scattered Light

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Astrophysics Visualizations

Keywords:
SVS >> Simulation
SVS >> Astrophysics
SVS >> Space
NASA Science >> Universe
SVS >> Exoplanet