Chapter 8: Formation of the Solar System
[Pages:49]Chapter 8 Lecture
Chapter 8: Formation of the Solar System
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Formation of the Solar System
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8.1 The Search for Origins
? Our goals for learning: ? How did we arrive at a theory of solar system formation? ? Where did the solar system come from?
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How did we arrive at a theory of solar system formation?
? Four major features needed to be explained ? Several reasonable hypotheses were explored
? Nebular hypothesis ? Close encounter hypothesis
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What properties of our solar system must a formation theory explain?
1. Patterns of motion of the large bodies ? Orbit in same direction and plane
2. Existence of two types of planets ? Terrestrial and jovian
3. Existence of smaller bodies ? Asteroids and comets
4. Notable exceptions to usual patterns ? Rotation of Uranus, Earth's Moon, etc.
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Nebular Theory
? The nebular theory states that our solar system formed from the gravitational collapse of a giant interstellar gas cloud--the solar nebula. ? (Nebula is the Latin word for cloud.)
? Kant and Laplace proposed the nebular hypothesis over two centuries ago.
? A large amount of evidence now supports this idea.
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Close Encounter Hypothesis
? A rival idea proposed that the planets formed from debris torn off the Sun by a close encounter with another star.
? That hypothesis could not explain observed motions and types of planets.
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Where did the solar system come from?
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