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Accretion (astrophysics)
In
astrophysics
,
accretion
is the accumulation of particles into a massive object by
gravitationally
attracting more matter, typically
gaseous
matter in an
accretion disk
. Most
astronomical objects
, such as
galaxies
,
stars
, and
planets
, are formed by accretion processes.
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