SOLAR SYSTEM Flashcards
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consists of the sun, planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, meteoroids.
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SOLAR SYSTEM
2
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theory of Pierre-Simon Laplace (1796)
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NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS OF LAPLACE
3
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sun and planets formed from a rotating nebula that cooled and collapsed.
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NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS OF LAPLACE
4
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dense interstellar cloud produces cluster of stars.
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PLANETESIMAL THEORY OF CHAMBERLIN AND MOULTON
5
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sun interacts with a nearby protostar and drags a filament of material from itm
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CAPTURE THEORY OF SEE
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small blobs form and coalesce, with random spins.
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PLANETESIMAL THEORY OF CHAMBERLIN AND MOULTON
7
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planets originated in a dense disk fromed from gas and dust clouds that collapsed.
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NEBULA THEORY
8
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terrestial planets formed by collisions near the sun.
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CAPTURE THEORY OF SEE
