Build-A-Planet Workshop: Planet Formation, One Bump at a Time
Today's bite looks at how planets are formed in the "bumps" of protoplanetary disks.
From guest author Rajat Saxena: Todayβs bite looks at how planets are formed in the βbumpsβ of protoplanetary disks.πβ¨βοΈ
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27.08.2025 09:42 β π 22 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0
A white protoplanetary disc at the centre of the picture takes up most of the frame. The elliptical cloud of dust and gas consists of some gaps creating a ring-like structure to the cloud. In one of the larger gaps/rings a little dot (a planet) is visible.
A very hungry planet! πͺ
What appears to be a ripple in space is actually a newborn planet, eating its way through its dusty cradle around a younger version of our Sun π
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2534a/
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26.08.2025 10:02 β π 508 π 168 π¬ 12 π 27
Geeeez!!
I remember you making fun of the DustPy release delays. π
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![Comic. [planets and astronomical bodies in various shapes with comments pointing to them] Typical Exoplanet System: Giant planet orbiting so close that itβs actually rolling on the starβs surface; Hot Jupiter; Mini Neptune; Planet that could be habitable, if thereβs a form of life that hates water but loves acid and being on fire; Cold Jupiter; Potentially habitable void; Hot Mars; Planet that may actually be in the habitable zone, according to a very optimistic modeling paper by some desperate postdocs; Thereβs a pulsar here but itβs probably fine; A waterworld paradise with beautiful oceans and warmβ Wait, no, we just got new measurements, itβs a hellish steam oven; Mini Pluto; Earthlike data artifact; Wet Saturn; Either a gas giant or a fist-sized rock, depending which calibration method you use; Faint dust cloud that will cause several papers to be retracted; Somehow this whole system is smaller than the orbit of Mercury?!; Planet whose surface may host conditions suitable for rocks](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiarfi2ggmv32pbpagsawnfvq3qpvww6qnptusklp2skmj7dqclewm@jpeg)
Comic. [planets and astronomical bodies in various shapes with comments pointing to them] Typical Exoplanet System: Giant planet orbiting so close that itβs actually rolling on the starβs surface; Hot Jupiter; Mini Neptune; Planet that could be habitable, if thereβs a form of life that hates water but loves acid and being on fire; Cold Jupiter; Potentially habitable void; Hot Mars; Planet that may actually be in the habitable zone, according to a very optimistic modeling paper by some desperate postdocs; Thereβs a pulsar here but itβs probably fine; A waterworld paradise with beautiful oceans and warmβ Wait, no, we just got new measurements, itβs a hellish steam oven; Mini Pluto; Earthlike data artifact; Wet Saturn; Either a gas giant or a fist-sized rock, depending which calibration method you use; Faint dust cloud that will cause several papers to be retracted; Somehow this whole system is smaller than the orbit of Mercury?!; Planet whose surface may host conditions suitable for rocks
Exoplanet System
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That concludes the list.
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28.05.2025 11:53 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
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28.05.2025 11:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
And before anyone asks, the correct ranking of Paulaner sodas is:
1. Spezi
2. Zitrone
3. Orange
13.05.2025 09:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Three example of the Paulaner colormaps on the protoplanetary disk HD 163296 showing an almost axisymmetric disk with distinct rings and gaps substructures and a small vortex-like feature in the Southwest direction. Left: Spezi color scheme going from purple via red to yellow. Center: Orange color scheme going from red to yellow. Right: Lemon color scheme going from green to yellow.
Protoplanetary disk HD 163296 from Andrews et al. (2018) using Paulaner Colormaps.
Is it incredibly useful? Probably not.
Do you need it? Hell, yeah!
13.05.2025 09:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Demonstration of colormaps inspired by Paulaner beverages showing the typical wave pattern and five colors as printed on their labels. Left: Spezi. Center: Orange. Right: Lemon.
Introducing: Paulaner Colormaps for Matplotlib!
You can now use your favorite beverage in your plots!
Install with
pip install paulaner_colormaps
13.05.2025 09:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Rambo Zambo!
06.05.2025 09:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
My favorites are confidential business calls in quiet zones on trains.
28.04.2025 22:00 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Radiative Transfer β dustpylib documentation
Check out the available features on the DustPyLib documentation!
dustpylib.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ra...
23.04.2025 16:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
With the #ALMA deadline approaching rapidly, did you know that you can easily create (sub-)mm images of your favorite DustPy model with RADMC-3D using the radiative transfer libraries of DustPyLib?
The latest release (v0.7.0) even contains a lightweight slab model. π
23.04.2025 16:26 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
@ludwigboess.bsky.social probably...
28.03.2025 21:43 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
If anything in this repository is inefficient, not exactly "best practice", or simply plain wrong, I appreciate any input on how to improve it.
28.03.2025 21:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
GitHub - stammler/forpy-meson-minimal: Minimum working example for a Python project built with Meson utilizing Fotran routines
Minimum working example for a Python project built with Meson utilizing Fotran routines - stammler/forpy-meson-minimal
Since numpy.distutils got removed (thanks NumPy devs π) I had a hard time packing Fortran routines in my Python packages.
To save you some headaches here is a minimum working example of how you can do this.
28.03.2025 21:43 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Was hΓ€lt lΓ€nger?
Wahlversprechen der Union oder dieser frische Kopfsalat....oh shit!
04.03.2025 22:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Dann hΓ€tte die CSU vermutlich keinen der vier MΓΌnchner Wahlkreise gewonnen und wir kΓΆnnten uns diese ganze Diskussion um verfallene Direktmandate sparen.
26.02.2025 21:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Ranked voting - Wikipedia
Vorschlag: Direktmandat nur bei >50 %. Ansonsten zweiter Wahlgang mit Stichwahl. Alternativ: Ein Wahlgang mit Ranked Voting.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked_...
26.02.2025 20:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
#CDU und #CSU behaupten aktuell ΓΌberall, das neue Wahlrecht sei undemokratisch. Hier seht ihr von @wahlforschung dargestellt, wie der Bundestag mit den aktuellen 28,6 Prozent fΓΌr die Union bei deren Wahlrechtsvorschlag "Grabenwahlrecht" aussehen wΓΌrde...
#Wahlrechtsreform
25.02.2025 20:14 β π 296 π 137 π¬ 22 π 10
Notebook on nbviewer
Check out this Jupyter notebook!
Mehr Details zur Hauptkomponentenanalyse der Hamburger #BΓΌrgerschaftswahl gibt es hier.
nbviewer.org/github/stamm...
26.02.2025 19:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Notebook on nbviewer
Check out this Jupyter notebook!
Eine kurze EinfΓΌhrung zur Hauptkomponentenanalyse und wie man sie zur Visualisierung von politischen Clustern nutzen kann ist hier zu finden.
nbviewer.org/github/stamm...
26.02.2025 19:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Γbereinstimmung der Parteien zueinander.
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Zweite Hauptkomponente:
Thesen, welche die Parteien bei Zustimmung am weitesten nach oben bzw. unten bewegen.
26.02.2025 19:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Erste Hauptkomponente:
Thesen, welche die Parteien bei Zustimmung am weitesten nach rechts bzw. links bewegen.
26.02.2025 19:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
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