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Key Observations

Key Observations. Planets all orbit the Sun in the same direction Planets all orbit close to the ecliptic plane Sun spins in same direction as the planets orbit. Key Observations. Small, rocky planets orbit close to the Sun Large, gas/liquid planets orbit far from the Sun. Terrestrial.

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Key Observations

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  1. Key Observations • Planets all orbit the Sun in the same direction • Planets all orbit close to the ecliptic plane • Sun spins in same direction as the planets orbit

  2. Key Observations • Small, rocky planets orbit close to the Sun • Large, gas/liquid planets orbit far from the Sun Terrestrial Jovian • Distance from the Sun must affect the formation of the planets

  3. Chemistry of the Solar Neighborhood • Big Bang only produced H, He, Li, Be • Everything else has been produced in the life cycle of stars • we’re all star dust!

  4. Formation of Solar System • How might the distance from the Sun affect the formation of planets? • Temperature • temperature drops off with distance from the Sun

  5. Temperature Profile

  6. Formation of Solar System • How might the distance from the Sun affect the formation of planets? • Temperature • temperature drops off with distance from the Sun • temperature of a gas is a measure of its average random speed • H & He existed as gas throughout the solar nebula • close to Sun H & He moving too fast (too hot) to be captured by planets • further from Sun H & He are moving slow enough to be captured by planets • may be another reason why the outer planets are much more massive than the inner ones • also explains why Jovian planets are made mostly of H & He whereas the terrestrial planets have almost no H nor He

  7. Formation of Solar System

  8. Orion’s Nebula

  9. Orion’s Nebula

  10. Orion’s Nebula

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