Concept information
Preferred term
circumstellar shell
Definition
- A shell of dust, molecules, and neutral gas around an evolved star resulting from an intensive mass loss phase, such as the asymptotic giant branch phase for low- and intermediate mass stars and LBVs or supernovae for massive stars. (An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, by M. Heydari-Malayeri, https://dictionary.obspm.fr/index.php?formSearchTextfield=circumstellar+shell&formSubmit=Search&showAll=1)
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Synonym(s)
- circumstellar cloud
- circumstellar envelope
- circumstellar matter
In other languages
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French
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matière circumstellaire
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nuage circumstellaire
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-LP5WL1DF-K
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