notes/ formation of planets
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NASA. /Notes/ Formation of Planets. NASA. The story so far:. NASA/JPL-Caltech/A. Noriega-Crespo (SSC/Caltech), Digital Sky Survey. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UIUC. http://www.redorbit.com/modules/reflib/article_images/6_a1ae8ebf66110513af3385295f837b59.jpg. Protoplanetary disk. NASA. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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/Notes/ Formation of Planets
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Th
e s
tory
so
far:
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/A. Noriega-Crespo (SSC/Caltech), Digital Sky Survey
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/UIUC
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Protoplanetary disk
Gas and dust left over from the formation of a
star.
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Gravity
Begins pulling together
bits of rock and gas
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC)
Planetesimals
Baby planets
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Planetesimals
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They’re violent
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC)
Planets form
Planetesimals collide and grow larger until they become planets