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accretion disc

structure formed by diffuse material in orbital motion around a massive central body
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accretion disc
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Summary

accretion disc is an astronomical object type[1]. It draws 4,699 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical object type category, ranking #32 of 289).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: astronomical object[3], circumstellar disk[4]
  • Commons category: Accretion disks[5]
  • Has cause: accretion[6]
  • Different from: Decretion disk[7]

Why It Matters

accretion disc has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Interstellar

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). accretion disc. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/accretion-disc
MLA “accretion disc.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 17 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/accretion-disc.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_accretion-disc_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{accretion disc}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/accretion-disc}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → astronomical object type
    Has cause → accretion
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → tilvekstskive
    Different from → Decretion disk
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 39130, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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