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Bondi accretion
Synonyms

Bondi-Hoyle accretion
Definitions

The accretion of mass by a star (assumed as point particle) moving at a steady speed through an infinite, uniform gas cloud. It is directly proportional to the star mass (M) and the medium density (ρ) and inversely proportional to the relative star/gas velocity (v).
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http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/174
altLabel

Bondi-Hoyle accretion
broader

http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/14
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http://editor.vocabs.ands.org.au/user/AAS_Frey.Katie_Admin
definition

The accretion of mass by a star (assumed as point particle) moving at a steady speed through an infinite, uniform gas cloud. It is directly proportional to the star mass (M) and the medium density (ρ) and inversely proportional to the relative star/gas velocity (v).
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2020-11-04T22:08:12.601Z

2020-11-04T22:08:02.836Z
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Bondi accretion
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