Cosmogony: The Formation Of The Solar System
The Formation of the Solar System is one of the oldest problems in science. There have been many theories on how the Solar System formed, but there is only one theory that has been accepted. That would be the nebular theory. Also known as the nebular hypothesis and solar nebula hypothesis. The nebular hypothesis is a model that explains the evolution of the Solar System. Also, the nebular hypothesis is the most accepted model in the field of cosmogony. This model explains subjectively many features of the Solar System, including the information that the planets basically all orbit around the Sun in the same plane. The main idea behind the nebular hypothesis is that the planets and the Sun formed when a spinning cloud of interstellar dust and
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The Solar system consists of nine major planets, the Sun, at least sixty planetary satellites (moons), uncountable amount of asteroids and comets that all span an immense distance (“solar system” n.pag.)
There have been a variety of theories that have been proposed to explain the formation of the Solar system. Some theories have been the tidal theory, collision theory, etc. There is not a single theory that explains it all, but there is only one that has been accepted ("Astronomy” n.pag.). The nebular hypothesis or nebular theory, is the best descriptive model for the formation of the Solar System. This theory was first proposed by two Europeans, Pierre Laplace and Immanuel Kant. Kant’s essential idea was that the Solar System started as a cloud of dispersed particles. He assumed that since the particles had common gravitational attractions, that would cause them to start colliding and moving, at which point they would remain attached together because of the chemical forces. As some of these masses became greater than others, they grew still more rapidly, …show more content…
Because of some perturbation, conceivably from a proximate supernova, under its own gravity force, this cloud of gas and dust began to condense, or shrink together. At first, the condensation was slow, but the speed started to increase as more material was being pulled towards the middle of the nebula. Eventually, this made gravity get stronger, making the process of condensation faster (Msnucleus
The Solar system consists of nine major planets, the Sun, at least sixty planetary satellites (moons), uncountable amount of asteroids and comets that all span an immense distance (“solar system” n.pag.)
There have been a variety of theories that have been proposed to explain the formation of the Solar system. Some theories have been the tidal theory, collision theory, etc. There is not a single theory that explains it all, but there is only one that has been accepted ("Astronomy” n.pag.). The nebular hypothesis or nebular theory, is the best descriptive model for the formation of the Solar System. This theory was first proposed by two Europeans, Pierre Laplace and Immanuel Kant. Kant’s essential idea was that the Solar System started as a cloud of dispersed particles. He assumed that since the particles had common gravitational attractions, that would cause them to start colliding and moving, at which point they would remain attached together because of the chemical forces. As some of these masses became greater than others, they grew still more rapidly, …show more content…
Because of some perturbation, conceivably from a proximate supernova, under its own gravity force, this cloud of gas and dust began to condense, or shrink together. At first, the condensation was slow, but the speed started to increase as more material was being pulled towards the middle of the nebula. Eventually, this made gravity get stronger, making the process of condensation faster (Msnucleus