Short Response_ Solar Nebula Assignment

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Short Response: Solar Nebula Assignment According to the Solar Nebula hypothesis, the cosmos was once composed of gasses and other elements and existed as an almost unfathomable-sized cloud in space known as a nebula. (Source: Williams, 2021).It was proposed that a shockwave struck the cloud, causing it to turbulence and then pirouette. As a result, the cloud began to almost spin back on itself, forming the Sun out of gasses and dust. But this idea has a lot more flaws than that. 1. The formation of the planets appears to be complicated by the Solar Nebula idea.The hypothesis states that dirt particles would cling to one another and create planets 4.6 billion years ago. "However, those clumps reach a critical size and then they do not grow together any further." (Source: Williams, 2021). Because of the greatest development capabilities, planets could not have originated from particles that cling together. 2. According to the Solar Nebula theory, the Sun should have significantly more angular momentum and be spinning much faster than what is now known to be true based on current scientific theories. (Source: Williams, 2021).Nonetheless, current data support the idea that the sun has "little angular momentum."(Source: Williams, 2021). 3. The Jovian planet conundrum, which essentially describes the four biggest planets that astronomers have discovered to be either nonexistent, at incorrect times, or in incorrect places. The four planets essentially "should not have been formed at all." Williams, 2021 References Williams, T., (2021). An Introduction to Astronomy. Kendall Hunt. https://libertyonline.vitalsource.com/reader/books/9781792453694/
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