SOLAR SYSTEM Flashcards
WHEN DID THE SOLAR SYSTEM FORM?
4.6 BILLION YEARS AGO
FROM A DENSE CLOUD OF INTERSTELLAR GAS
SOLAR SYSTEM
CONSISTS OF A COLLECTION OF OBJECTS ORBITING ONE OR MORE CENTRAL STARS
SOLAR SYSTEM
THE SHOCKWAVE OF A NEARBY EXPLODING STAR CALLED
SUPERNOVA
POWERFUL AND LUMINOUS EXPLOSION OF A STAR
SUPERNOVA
CLOUD OF GAS AND DUST CALLED
NEBUL
THEORY: THE SUN PASSES THROUGH A DENSE INTERSTELLAR CLOUD AND EMERGES SURROUNDED BY A DUSTY GASEOUS ENVELOPE
ACCRETION THEORY
THEORY: A DENSE INTERSTELLAR CLOUD PRODUCES A CLUSTER OF STARS
THE PROTOPLANET THEORY
THEORY: THE SUN INTERACTS WITH A NEARBY PROTOSTAR, DRAGGING A FILAMENT OF A MATERIAL FROM THE PROTOSTAR
THE CAPTURE THEORY
THEORY: THE SUN AND PLANETS FORMED IN A ROTATING NEBULA WHICH COOLED AND COLLAPSED
=PIERRE-SIMON LAPLACE
MODERN LAPLACIAN THEORY
THEORY: PLANETS ORIGINATE IN A DENSE DISK
THE MODERN NEBULAR THEORY
TWO MODELS:
GEOCENTRIC MODEL AND HELIOCENTRISM MODEL
MODEL: CENTER IS THE EARTH
GEOCENTRIC MODEL
MODEL: REVOLVE AROUND THE SUN
HELIOCENTRISM MODEL
DISTINCT LUMINESCENT PART OF INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM
NEBULA