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Nebular Hypothesis

The Nebular Hypothesis is the widely accepted explanation for how the solar system formed. A cold, spinning cloud of gas and dust called the solar nebula collapsed under gravity and flattened into an accretion disk. As the center heated up from pressure, a protostar formed and eventually became a star through nuclear fusion. Clumps of matter in the disk accumulated into planets and dwarf planets that continue evolving as they orbit the newborn sun.

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Nebular Hypothesis

The Nebular Hypothesis is the widely accepted explanation for how the solar system formed. A cold, spinning cloud of gas and dust called the solar nebula collapsed under gravity and flattened into an accretion disk. As the center heated up from pressure, a protostar formed and eventually became a star through nuclear fusion. Clumps of matter in the disk accumulated into planets and dwarf planets that continue evolving as they orbit the newborn sun.

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PLANET

FORMATION
NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS

The Nebular Hypothesis is the most widely


accepteed explanation for how the sun and
planets in the solar system may have formed as
well as their arrangement.

SOLAR NEBULA
A cold spinning cloud of gas
that resulted from the uneven
distribution of gasses in the
universe.

ACCRETION DISK
As the gravitational pull began to
condense the gas towards the center,
the speed of the rotation increased
caused the cloud to flatten creating
an Accretion Disk.

PROTOSTAR
The gas eventually warmed from the
increasing pressure causing the mass
and gravity to increase forming a
ball of hot gas in the center
called, a protostar or the sun.

STAR
When enough gas gathered in the
center of the protostar, the
pressure generated with enough
heat to fuse the atoms forming a
star.

DWARF PLANETS
Clumps of matter,gas dust
and rock were forming at
the star's exterior.

Planet's Evolution
Planets continue to evolve
and develop while orbiting
the sun.

The inner development


As the planets orbit the
sun large asteroids force
the planets to form layers.

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