How Did Our Solar System Form?

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What is a Solar System?

Consist of a central star and the smaller celestial bodies.

Includes eight planets• Mercury• Venus • Earth • Mars • Jupiter • Saturn • Uranus • Neptune

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How Did The Solar System Form?

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The Orion Nebula

4.6 billion years ago

the Orion Nebula

Stars are born

Supernova (dying star)

Orion Nebula

A star is born Birth of the Sun

The Orion Nebula

A star forming region in theOrion Nebula

the Solar Nebula

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Birth of the Sun

Hydrogen Fusion

Hydrogen-1 and Hydrogen-2 combined = Helium andgamma-ray

Excess energy or Thermal energy

The Solar Nebula

The Formation of the Planets

“Coming Together”

Formed by the Solar Nebula

Planetesimals

Protoplanets

Formation of the Planets

Referenceshttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/space/planets-solar-system/formation/

http://hubblesite.org/reference_desk/faq/all.php.cat=solarsystem

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http://earthsky.org/clusters-nebulae-galaxies/orion-nebula-jewel-in-orions-sword

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http://lcogt.net/spacebook/planets-and-how-they-formed

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