falling evaporating body
(FEB)
(icy planet/planetoid evaporating due to stellar wind)
A falling evaporating body (FEB) is an icy planetary body
(i.e., comet-like) detected through spectral lines from
YSOs, presumed to be evaporating from stellar wind.
Essentially, they are presumed to be exocomets.
(planet type)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocomet
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_Evaporating_Body
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007A%26A...466..201B/abstract
Referenced by page:
planet type
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