A schematic of a protoplanetary disk, showing the Soot and Frost Lines. For a star like the Sun, estimates put the Frost Line at around 2.7 AU, while Kress et al estimate the Soot Line to lie at around 2 AU – which seems a bit too far out to me, if I’m perfectly honest…
Original (unmanipulated) image by NASA/JPL-Caltech






