Gravitational instability
type: Concept
contributor: AAS Frey.Katie
broader: Newtonian gravitation
definition: The process by which fluctuations in an infinite medium of size greater than a certain length scale (the Jeans length) grow by self-gravitation.
modified: 2020-11-09T15:53:31.766Z
modified: 2020-11-09T15:53:21.483Z

Newtonian gravitation
type: Concept
narrower: Gravitational instability