Astro 1: `Slides' for Class 43 - The Formation of the Sun and Planets



The orbits and spins of the planets - A clue to the formation of our Solar System





Gaseous "pillars" in the Eagle Nebula - Sites of star formation in a molecular cloud





Overall view of the formation of our Solar System





The disk around the star Beta Pictoris





Disks around selected young stars seen by the Hubble Space Telescope





Wide-field image of the Orion Nebula





Disks around young stars in the Orion Nebula





The condensation sequence in the solar nebula





The condensation temperatures of various materials





From dust grains to planetesimals to planets





Events in the formation of a terrestrial planet





Events in the formation of a Jovian planet





A Jovian planet capturing gas directly from the solar nebula





Overall view of the formation of our Solar System





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