Formation of the solar system: brief review and revised protoplanet theory.
Abstract
The positive and negative aspects of the solar nebula and capture theories are discussed and the protoplanetary theory is revised. The possibility that condensations in the form of protoplanets are produced in interstellar matter as a preliminary to forming stars is discussed. In effect, it is suggested that a dark galactic halo is composed of bodies of subsellar mass ('Jupiters').
- Publication:
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The Physics of the Planets
- Pub Date:
- 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988phpl.book..421M
- Keywords:
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- Planetary Evolution;
- Protoplanets;
- Solar System;
- Angular Momentum;
- Capture Effect;
- Gas Giant Planets;
- Gravitational Effects;
- Nebulae;
- Astrophysics;
- Accretion:Protoplanets;
- Cosmogony;
- Protoplanets:Accretion;
- Solar System:Origin