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Bondi-Hill crossover in a protoplanetary disk (q=h3/3​)

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With planet-to-star mass ratio q and disk aspect ratio h, rB​/a=q/h2 and rH​/a=(q/3)1/3. Equating the two gives q=h3/3​. The thermally limited radius grows faster with planet mass than the tidally limited radius; an envelope outer scale is often the smaller of the two.

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  • Past exam of the exoplanets and Planetary Systems course of the University of Cambridge / 2015 / Paper 1 / 3 / b / Solution

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