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The three most common substances present in the solar nebula were hydrogen, helium, and small amounts of heavier elements such as carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen. Hydrogen and helium comprised the majority of the nebula's mass, accounting for about 98% of it. These elements formed the primordial gas from which the Sun and the solar system developed. The heavier elements, produced in earlier generations of stars, contributed to the formation of planets and other celestial bodies.

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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 :))


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Uranus was formed from the light gases of the outer solar nebula.


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The solar nebula was a rotating cloud of gas and dust that formed our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. It consisted mostly of hydrogen and helium, with traces of other elements. Over time, gravity caused the nebula to collapse and form the Sun and the planets.


Who invented the Solar Nebula Hypothesis?

The Solar Nebula Hypothesis was developed independently by Soviet astrophysicist Victor Safronov and American astrophysicist Carl Woese in the 1960s. They proposed that the solar system formed from a swirling cloud of gas and dust called the solar nebula.


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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