Formation of the Solar System

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Formation of the Solar System

• The Nebular Hypothesis

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Solar Nebular Hypothesis

• The Solar System formed from a cloud of hot gas
  and dust known as the Solar Nebula

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Rotation

• The nebula's rotation caused it to collapse into
  a disk around a central star

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Condensation

• As the nebula cooled, the matter in the disk
  condensed and the planets formed.

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Outer Planet Formation

• The outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and
  Neptune) became large enough to attract the
  surrounding gas of the nebula

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Inner Planet Formation

• Nearer to the star, the inner planets formed as a
  result of small particles colliding with one
  another

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Consolidation

• Once an object became large enough to have its
  own significant gravitational pull, it attracted
  the smaller objects nearby and ultimately the few
  large objects dominated.

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Animation

• This video shows an interpretation of the nebular
  hypothesis

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Draw 2d Models

• Fold your paper in half length-wise.
• Fold your paper in thirds in the other direction.
• Label the six boxes 1-6.
• In each box draw models of each stage of the
  solar systems development in order from oldest
  to most recent.