The Emergence Machine

Protostar

abstract · Astronomy · Level 8 · E0

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Emergence definition

A protostar forms within a nebula through the gravitational collapse of gas and dust, leveraging the vast, interstellar cloud's properties and the energy production of stars.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “protostar” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
protostar
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

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Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Nebula L7 (requires)
    A protostar forms within nebulae from gravitational collapse of gas and dust.
  • Star L7 (requires)
    star is a fundamental concept in understanding protostar