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Originally Posted by Doodler
Ironically, there's evidence in the Beta Pictaurus and Epsilon Eridani accretion disks seeming to indicate a large object is in the process. Both have rather impressive, and fairly stable, gaps in the debris field. Nothing confirmed, but strong strong suspicion of a planet.
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So, I wonder what the evolutionary tree looks like, now? Would you call it a protoplanet if you don't really know it will ever be a planet, or call it a protodwarfplanet which is too much a mouthful? A protoplanetoid sounds more scientific and could be considered planet-like by one definition.
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Lighten up! This is a stellar board! Author: duh.
"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do..." Author: Galileo supposedly.
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