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Earth Science - The Formation of the Solar System

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This lecture explains how the solar system formed from a collapsing solar nebula. It covers the formation of the protosun, terrestrial and jovian planets, moons, and the later bombardment that produced asteroids and comets.

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FORMATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
THE NEBULAR THEORY
HEATING OF THE SOLAR NEBULA
ROTATION OF THE SOLAR NEBULA
FLATTENING OF THE SOLAR NEBULA
THE PROTOPLANETARY DISK
THE SEEDS OF PLANETS
BUILDING THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS
MAKING THE JOVIAN PLANETS
MAKING THE JOVIAN SATELLITES
HEAVY BOMBARDMENT
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