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Chapter 8 Survey of Solar Systems. The solar system formed from a cloud of cold gas and dust called the solar nebula about 4.6 billion years ago. Moon Mercury Asteroids. The planets in out Solar System were formed from countless impacts.
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The solar system formed from a cloud of cold gas and dust called the solar nebula about 4.6 billion years ago
Moon Mercury Asteroids The planets in out Solar System were formed from countless impacts
Inner planets are vastly different than outer planets in terms of sizes, masses, and densities My Very Enormous Martian Just Swallowed Up Neptune! My Very Enormous Martian Just Swallowed Up Neptune!
There is still minor debris left over from the formation of the solar system Rocky Asteroids - mostly found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
There is still minor debris left over from the formation of the solar system Icy Comets – found in the outer parts of the solar system
Dwarf Planets- orbit the Sun, nearly round shape, not a planet, star or moon
Protoplanetary Disks New solar systems in formation!
Exoplanets Planets that have been detected orbiting other stars!!!
Detection of Exoplanets: Stellar Wobble Method • gravity of the planet causes the star to wobble back and forth • 1990s, used Doppler effect to detect stellar wobbles
KEPLER 2009 Detection of Exoplanets: Planetary Transit Method
Future Discovery Methods Terrestrial Planet Finder (2014, 2020)