Astronomy:Second generation planet

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Short description: Type of planet


A second generation planet is a type of exoplanet that forms in a binary star system when one of the stars becomes a red giant and mass transfers from it to an accretion disk around the other star where the planet can form.[1][2]

References

  1. Perets, Hagai P. (27 January 2010). "Second generation planets". arXiv:1001.0581 [astro-ph.EP].
  2. Kluska, J.; Van Winckel, H.; Coppée, Q.; Oomen, G.-M.; Dsilva, K.; Kamath, D.; Bujarrabal, V.; Min, M. (February 2022). "A population of transition disks around evolved stars: Fingerprints of planets: Catalog of disks surrounding Galactic post-AGB binaries". Astronomy & Astrophysics 658: A36. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202141690. Bibcode2022A&A...658A..36K.