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It is assumed that they all accreted from a disk of interstellar hydrogen and other elements. The Sun, the eight major planets, and many smaller bodies are rounded by gravity (hydrostatic equilibrium) although those with sufficient spin are flattened somewhat at the poles (oblate spheroids).

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