solar nebula
(cloud of gas and dust that formed the solar system)
The solar nebula is a term for the cloud of gas and
dust from which the solar system was formed, and
after the Sun emerged, the protoplanetary disk that
surrounded it.
The term minimum mass solar nebula (MMSN) refers
to a model protoplanetary disk with the minimal amount of
mass to produce the Sun's currently-understood planetary system.
(solar system)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formation_and_evolution_of_the_Solar_System
http://www.columbia.edu/~vjd1/solar_nebula.htm
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/timeline/gallery/slide_1.html
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/mysteries-of-the-solar-nebula
Referenced by pages:
brown dwarf (BD)
chondrite
equilibrium condensation model
Moon formation
nebular hypothesis
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