The Solar Nebular Hypothesis

Document Type:Essay

Subject Area:Geology

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It accounts for the creation of the solar system from an enormous cloud composed of dust and molecular gas. The cloud’s center due to various forces collapsed resulting in sections of the material condensing in the denser regions. The materials then grew bigger and began to spin due to the conserved momentum, but the buildup of pressure caused it to heat up resulting in most of the stuff at the center while the rest to coalesce around in the form of a disk. The abundant material in the form of a ball centrally located became the sun while the other materials formed the planets. These planets were formed through the accumulation of the material surrounding the sun and through gravitation and coalescence formed even larger bodies.

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