Origin of The Solar System
Origin of The Solar System
Origin of The Solar System
SOLAR SYSTEM
ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
How the solar system come about?
The universe that started with the big bang
did not form the stars and galaxies
immediately. The formation of the stars and
galaxies only started 300 to 500 million years
after the big bang. And the solar system that
is known today only formed 8.5 to 9 billion
years after the big bang. But how the solar
system form?
The Great Chain of Origins: Early Hypotheses
Encounter hypothesis
The encounter hypothesis states that the sun
encountered a rouge star. Upon the
encounter, hot gas was removed from both
stars due to their gravitational interaction.
The hot gas then accumulated and formed the
planets while that from the sun formed the
inner planets.
The Great Chain of Origins: Early Hypotheses
Protoplanet hypothesis
Protoplanet, in
astronomical theory, a hypothetical
eddy in a whirling cloud of gas or
dust that becomes a planet by
condensation during formation of a
solar system.
The Great Chain of Origins: Early Hypotheses
The catastrophic hypothesis is
a hypothesis that states that our solar system
formed thanks to a sudden and improbable
event such as the collision of two stars.