nebularhypothesis

nebularhypothesis
nebular hypothesis n.
A theory of the origin of the solar system according to which a rotating nebula cooled and contracted, throwing off rings of matter that contracted into the planets and their moons, while the great mass of the condensing nebula became the sun.

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Universalium. 2010.

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