Concept information
Preferred term
Circumstellar dust
Definition
- Interstellar dust grains localized around various types of stars, such as asymptotic giant branch stars. Circumstellar dust occurs in the form of a spherical shell or a disk and is at the origin of an infrared excess for the central star. (en)
Broader concept
- Circumstellar matter (en)
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/236
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