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A model for the solar system in which the sun and planets condensed from a cloud (or nebula) of gas and dust?
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A model for the solar system in which the sun and planets condensed from a cloud (or nebula) of gas and dust
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How scientists think the solar system formed.?
They believe a large gas cloud in space was condensed into what we now call the sun. Chunks of this cloud flew into orbit around the sun and eventually condensed into planets.
What is believed to be the origin of the planets?
They say the origin of the planets was believed to be formed out of the cloud from which the sun condensed
What was the cloud that formed the solar system called?
It was a nebula.
What do you call a large cloud of gas and dust such as the one that formed our solar system?
That is called an accretion disk or a proto-Solar system.
How do you use the word solar nebula in a sentence?
A solar nebula is a rotating cloud of gas and dust from which the sun and planets formed. I hope this helps :))
Why planets' orbits are elliptical and not circular?
The solar system condensed out of an interstellar dust cloud; the original cloud was not a perfectly symmetrical object, either in shape or in composition, and as it condensed, the result was not neat or orderly; there were lots of collisions as well as near misses that altered planetary orbits.
What came first the planets formed or the earth?
at present the theory is that all of the planets that make up the solar system were formed at the same time when the Solar System condensed out of a cloud of gas about 4.5-4.7 billion years ago.
What is the cloud of gas and dust from which our solar system formed?
Solar nebula.
What is the cloud of gas and dust that formed our solar system called?
It is sometimes called the Solar nebula.
What is the difference between a planetary nebula and a nebula that formed the solar system?
The solar system did not form from a nebula at all. Our solar system formed from a rotating cloud of gas and dust, our sun formed at the center and planets formed from the surrounding matter. when our sun became large enough to support nuclear fusion, the solar wind created blew away most of the gases present. A planetary nebula is formed after a star runs out of fuel (Helium) and collapses inward on itself due to the massive amount of gravity and the now unstable balance of the star. the pressure then becomes so great that the gases that had been pulled inward explode outward at an incredible speed. The Cats Eye Nebula is a good exampleFile:NGC7293_(2004).jpg
What is dust cloud theory?
Theory that states dust and clouds condensed to form the sun and the planets by gravitational means
Where do the vast majority of primitive meteorites come from?
Pieces of rock that accreted in the solar nebula (cloud that formed the sun and planets).
