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    is evidence that the formation of the Solar System began about 4.6 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant molecular...
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    The history of scientific thought about the formation and evolution of the Solar System began with the Copernican Revolution. The first recorded use of...
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    Exploration of Uranus Exploration of Neptune Exploration of Pluto Solar System models Formation and evolution of the Solar System – Nebular hypothesis Terrestrial...
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    Sun (redirect from Solar diameter)
    power. Solar activity is thought to have played a large role in the formation and evolution of the Solar System. Changes in solar irradiance over the 11-year...
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    Ocean world (category Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets via Module:Annotated link)
    proxy. The characteristics of ocean worlds provide clues to their history and the formation and evolution of the Solar System as a whole. Of additional...
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    from the sun for a system to have Solar System belts. The Solar System belts were formed in the formation and evolution of the Solar System. The Grand...
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    Chronology of the universe Far future in fiction Far future in religion Eschatology Formation and evolution of the Solar System Stability of the Solar System List...
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  • Creation of the world may refer to: Formation and evolution of the Solar System Cosmogony, any theory about the creation of the universe Creation myth...
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    The timeline of the universe begins with the Big Bang, 13.799 ± 0.021 billion years ago, and follows the formation and subsequent evolution of the Universe...
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    the study of galaxy formation and evolution is concerned with the processes that formed a heterogeneous universe from a homogeneous beginning, the formation...
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  • extreme locations of the Solar System. Entries listed in bold are Solar System-wide extremes. List of Solar System objects most distant from the Sun Astronomy...
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  • are the largest impact craters on various worlds of the Solar System. For a full list of named craters, see List of craters in the Solar System. The ratio...
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    The nebular hypothesis is the most widely accepted model in the field of cosmogony to explain the formation and evolution of the Solar System (as well...
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    There are eight planets within the Solar System; planets outside of the solar system are also known as exoplanets. As of 5 June 2025, there are 5,917 confirmed...
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  • ice rings of Saturn, and its diverse array of moons, and how they can reveal insights into the formation and evolution of the Solar System. He also explains...
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    Formation and evolution of the Solar System Herbig–Haro object Nebular hypothesis Q-PACE – a spacecraft mission to study accretion Planetary system Johnathan...
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  • formed the Sun, but the planets acquired different compositions during the formation and evolution of the Solar System. In turn, the history of Earth led...
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  • theories and hypotheses about the formation and evolution of the Solar System gained by uncrewed missions to the planets. Originally released in the UK, it...
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  • Following are the longest, widest, and deepest rifts and valleys in various worlds of the Solar System. List of Solar System extremes List of largest craters...
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    Nice model (category Solar System dynamic theories)
    In astronomy, the Nice (/ˈniːs/) model is a scenario for the dynamical evolution of the Solar System. It is named for the location of the Côte d'Azur Observatory—where...
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    with the sun directly overhead can vary from 550 W/m2 with cirrus clouds to 1025 W/m2 with a clear sky. Formation and evolution of the Solar System Irradiance...
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    The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it. It formed about 4.6 billion years ago when a dense region...
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  • see: Timeline of the far future Chronology of the universe Timeline of the universe Formation and evolution of the Solar System Timelines of world history...
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    Venus and Jupiter were significant on whole solar tidal generating potential. Formation and evolution of the Solar System List of solar cycles List of solar...
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    Meenakshi Wadhwa (category Fellows of the Explorers Club)
    Wadhwa is a planetary scientist and educator who studies the formation and evolution of the Solar System through the analysis of planetary materials including...
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  • geological unit Formation of rocks, how rocks are formed Formation and evolution of the Solar System, history of the Solar System Rock formation, an isolated...
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  • below are the largest ocean, lakes and seas in the Solar System and beyond includes single bodies of water or other liquid on or near the surface of a solid...
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  • This is a list of the tallest mountains in the Solar System. This list includes peaks on all celestial bodies where significant mountains have been detected...
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  • planet's formation about 4.6 billion years ago (estimated 4567.30 ± 0.16 million years ago set by the age of the oldest solid material in the Solar System—protoplanetary...
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    Jack G. Hills (category Fellows of the American Physical Society)
    defended his thesis on the formation and evolution of the Solar System in 1969. His advisor was Richard L. Sears. He spent much of his professional career...
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