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Solar system formation - Artist view

author: Illustration Grégoire Cirade/Novapix

reference: a-sys99-10006

Image Size 300 DPI: 22 * 30 cm

Following a supernova explosion, a cloud of gas and dust start to collapse forming a solar nebula. Particles around spinning, begin to stick together through accretion to make planetesimals, and then planets.

Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - COLLISION - DISK - EVOLUTION - FORMATION - GRAVITY - ILLUSTRATION - NEBULA - PLANET - PROTOPLANETARY DISK - SOLAR SYSTEM - STAR - SUN -