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Nebular hypothesis (redirect from Planetesimal theory of planetary formation)the Sun's rotation. Some elements of the original nebular theory are echoed in modern theories of planetary formation, but most elements have been superseded...75 KB (9,132 words) - 12:59, 4 October 2024
Giant-impact hypothesis (redirect from Planetary collision theory)star systems of similar collisions, resulting in debris discs. Giant collisions are consistent with the leading theory of the formation of the Solar System...59 KB (6,849 words) - 03:26, 6 October 2024
together (condensation theory, synestia), planetesimal collisions (formed from asteroid-like bodies), and collision theories. The standard giant-impact...30 KB (3,404 words) - 22:40, 30 September 2024
D. J. Stevenson (1987). "Origin of the moon – The collision hypothesis" (PDF). Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 15 (1): 271–315. Bibcode:1987AREPS...113 KB (13,507 words) - 05:08, 19 September 2024
moons, asteroids, comets) and planetary systems (in particular those of the Solar System) and the processes of their formation. It studies objects ranging...26 KB (3,158 words) - 19:01, 16 October 2024
insight to planetary core formation. It was previously understood that collisions in the solar system fully merged, but recent work on planetary bodies argues...36 KB (4,405 words) - 16:18, 18 July 2024
the most common explanation for the formation of the Moon. The most widely accepted model of planetary formation is known as the nebular hypothesis. This...63 KB (8,744 words) - 18:18, 24 September 2024
130322 planetary system, known as the first observed exoplanet system, forms 3.0 billion years (10.8 billion Gya): Formation of the Gliese 581 planetary system:...36 KB (5,008 words) - 07:50, 6 October 2024- Ring system (redirect from Planetary rings)composed of solid material such as gas, dust, meteoroids, planetoids or moonlets and stellar objects. Ring systems are best known as planetary rings, common...39 KB (3,937 words) - 13:05, 25 September 2024
Accretion (astrophysics) (redirect from Planetary accretion)planet formation and developed the modern Laplacian theory. None of these models proved completely successful, and many of the proposed theories were descriptive...40 KB (4,411 words) - 22:19, 21 September 2024
Planetary habitability is the measure of a planet's or a natural satellite's potential to develop and maintain environments hospitable to life. Life may...111 KB (13,145 words) - 15:23, 31 August 2024
Impact event (redirect from Asteroid collision)event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects. Impact events have been found to regularly occur in planetary systems, though...107 KB (12,087 words) - 19:00, 28 August 2024
Multi-ringed basin (category Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets via Module:Annotated link)terrace and has slump structures inside of it. In 2016, research brought forward new theories about the formation of the lunar mare called Mare Orientale...7 KB (755 words) - 07:55, 14 June 2024
Protoplanet (redirect from Planetary embryo)thought that the collisions of planetesimals created a few hundred larger planetary embryos. Over the course of hundreds of millions of years, they collided...25 KB (2,434 words) - 10:37, 18 September 2024
formation refers to the geological processes that underlie the formation of mountains. These processes are associated with large-scale movements of the...18 KB (1,603 words) - 06:41, 5 May 2024
Grand tack hypothesis (category Solar System dynamic theories)In planetary astronomy, the grand tack hypothesis proposes that Jupiter formed at a distance of 3.5 AU from the Sun, then migrated inward to 1.5 AU, before...45 KB (5,396 words) - 06:58, 14 October 2024
Planetesimal (redirect from Planetesimal theory)billion years ago, they aid study of its formation. A widely accepted theory of planet formation, the planetesimal hypothesis of Viktor Safronov, states that...11 KB (1,163 words) - 15:20, 19 July 2024
Panspermia (category Origin of life)focus of the scientific community to the problem of the origin of life. Firstly, the Kant-Laplace Nebular theory of solar system and planetary formation was...53 KB (6,240 words) - 14:33, 1 October 2024
Asteroid belt (redirect from Origin of the asteroid belt)Solar System, planetary formation is thought to have occurred via a process comparable to the long-standing nebular hypothesis; a cloud of interstellar...83 KB (8,794 words) - 21:08, 11 October 2024
Tectonics (section Planetary tectonics)continental rifts, during and after a period of continental collision caused by the lateral spreading of the thickened crust formed, at releasing bends in strike-slip...14 KB (1,479 words) - 01:10, 9 May 2024
- That this was a planetary collision seems probable, from the fact that the star continued to shine with its normal light during the time of, and after, this
- could escape violent disturbance during a collision. ... Sir J. Larmor's theory and Rutherford's planetary theory are difficult to reconcile with the idea
- the collision of two neutron stars—another form of "compact star"—can sometimes result in the formation of black holes. However, such collisions are not