Open AccessPlanet collisions may generate black hole dust
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2011.52604_4.x
Subject(s) - astrobiology , planet , physics , astronomy , atmospheric dust , astrophysics , black hole (networking) , computer science , meteorology , aerosol , computer network , routing protocol , routing (electronic design automation) , link state routing protocol
Clouds of dust around the centres of galaxies where supermassive black holes lurk may come from collisions between planets and asteroids–much as zodiacal dust in the solar system comes from comet and asteroid collisions.