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Progress toward the origin of the solar system
Author(s) -
Weidenschilling Stuart J.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg021i002p00206
Subject(s) - formation and evolution of the solar system , planet , solar system , astrobiology , physics , astronomy , range (aeronautics) , astrophysics , solar mass , stars , materials science , composite material
There has been considerable progress in recent years toward understanding the origin of our solar system. Beyond a broad concensus that the planets are derived from a nebular disk that formed with the sun itself, the differences between the various theories are generally more apparent than the similarities. Most of the disagreements derive from the assumed mass of the solar nebula, based on models for its formation. Estimates range from a few percent of the sun's mass, the minimum required to make the planets, up to one solar mass.