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List of transiting circumsecondary disks

List of transiting circumsecondary disks is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of transiting circumsecondary disks rather than just read about it. In short: This is a list of binary systems that have a primary star eclipsed, as seen from Earth, by a circumstellar disk around the secondary (including possible ring systems). A circumsecondary disk is a disk of gas and/or dust around a star, white dwarf or substellar object that is a secondary in a star system.

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Reference excerpt

This is a list of binary systems that have a primary star eclipsed, as seen from Earth, by a circumstellar disk around the secondary (including possible ring systems). A circumsecondary disk is a disk of gas and/or dust around a star, white dwarf or substellar object that is a secondary in a star system. In rare cases the system can be aligned in a way that makes it possible for the circumsecondary disk to transit in front of the primary. In some cases the observed dips can be so deep that researchers describe these dimming events as occultations. The object J1407b was considered a circumsecondary disk in the past, but later turned out to be more likely a free-floating planetary-mass object with a disk. PDS 110 is a candidate with uncertain status, as later eclipses did not occur. VVV-WIT-07, ASASSN-V J192543.72+402619.0, ASASSN-21co, FY Scuti, OGLE-BLG182.1.162852, and ZTF J185259.31+124955.2 are candidates without much modelling of the disk.

List of transiting disks

See also List of stars that have unusual dimming periods List of resolved circumstellar disks

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In the classroom: List of transiting circumsecondary disks is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Circumstellar disks, Lists of stars, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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