Origin of our Solar system

Presumes that the solar system began as a cloud of dispersed interstellar gas called nebula.

Key process of formation of planets

Proposes that a star passed close enough to the sun creates huge tides and causes materials to be ejected

What do you call the smaller masses that quickly cooled and became numerous smaller bodies?

Suggested that when a huge tidal wave was created from the sun’s collision with another star, a long filament was drawn out and detached from its principal mass.

A modified version of the nebular hypothesis which incorporates modern knowledge of matter formed independently by astronomers Gerard Kuiper and Carl Von Weizsacker

Under the influence of turbulence and tidal action, the nebula broke into whirlpools of gas within a rotating mass called ______

Generated by our Sun’s powerful magnetic field

What are the two types of planets?

What do you call hydrogen molecules that are exposed to immense heat and pressure? This is also the main component of Jupiter’s core

What is the name of the biggest asteroid found in the asteroid belt?

Which of the two are larger than the other? Asteroids or Meteors?

A loose collection of rock materials that is composed of dust, water, and frozen gases