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    An SPH numerical simulation of the surface density distribution in the 0.3 Msun proto-planetary disc around a 0.5 Msun proto-star. A single dense clump ("planet") has formed in the disc (upper right) at a radius 75 AU and with mass of ~8 MJupiter. Credit: "Enhanced dust emission in the HL Tau disc: a low-mass companion in formation?" by Greaves J.S., Richards A.M.S., Rice, W.K.M., Muxlow T.W.B. (2008), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 391, pp. L74-L78, on-line: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008MNRAS.391L..74G

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