Description: La acreción es el proceso por el que un objeto astrofísico capta materia adicional, normalmente gas o polvo, por su atracción gravitatoria. La acreción se produce en muchos escenarios astronómicos diferentes, entre los que se incluyen los siguientes: gas que se acreta en un agujero negro, estrellas en sistemas binarios que acretan materia de su compañera, estrellas jóvenes que acretan gas de un disco de material que las rodea, y galaxias que acretan estrellas de otras galaxias.

Related Terms:

• Núcleo Galáctico Activo
• Binary Star
• Black Hole
• Protostar
• Disco de acreción
• Cataclysmic Variable

Term and definition status: The original definition of this term in English have been approved by a research astronomer and a teacher
The translation of this term and its definition is still awaiting approval

The OAE Multilingual Glossary is a project of the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE) in collaboration with the IAU Office of Astronomy Outreach (OAO). The terms and definitions were chosen, written and reviewed by a collective effort from the OAE, the OAE Centers and Nodes, the OAE National Astronomy Education Coordinators (NAECs) and other volunteers. You can find a full list of credits here. All glossary terms and their definitions are released under a Creative Commons CC BY-4.0 license and should be credited to "IAU OAE".

If you notice a factual or translation error in this glossary term or definition then please get in touch.