Formation of the solar system
Abstract
In 1796 Laplace published a hypothesis for the formation of the solar system in which he was able to account for the broad physical features of the planetary system in a simple and straightforward manner. In the present paper it is shown how a modern version of the original Laplacian hypothesis, taking into account supersonic turbulent convection and the focusing effect of gaseous rings on the motion of planetesimals, is capable of providing a satisfactory account of the formation of the solar system.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
- Pub Date:
- 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1323358000026357
- Bibcode:
- 1979PASA....3..300P
- Keywords:
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- Planetary Evolution;
- Protoplanets;
- Solar System;
- Convection;
- Planetary Nebulae;
- Turbulence;
- Astrophysics