Comets and the cosmogony of the solar system.
Abstract
The cosmogony of the solar system in general, and the formation of comets in particular are discussed from the standpoint of an ejection hypothesis. The traditional accretion and condensation theories of solar system cosmogony is rejected, stressing the point that the behavior of planetary nebulae, and comparisons between the angular momentum of the sun and planets and the mass of cometary material, support the idea that comets were formed at stellar temperatures, and ejected from the sun and the gas giant planets. The same model is said to apply to the origin of interstellar matter.
- Publication:
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IAU Colloq. 39: Comets, Asteroids, Meteorites: Interrelations, Evolution and Origins
- Pub Date:
- 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977cami.coll..469V
- Keywords:
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- Comets;
- Cosmology;
- Interplanetary Medium;
- Solar System;
- Asteroids;
- Gas Giant Planets;
- Interstellar Matter;
- Planetary Nebulae;
- Stellar Mass Ejection;
- Astrophysics;
- Comets:Formation;
- Cosmogony:Planetary System