What is the frost line in the solar nebula? Explain how temperature differences led to the...
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What is the frost line in the solar nebula? Explain how temperature differences led to the formation of two distinct types of planets.
Planetary System:
Solar nebula is believed to be large mass of gas from which our solar system comprising of sun star and different planets were formed. The statement pertains to Nebular Hypothesis. The formation took place through condensation.
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The frost line as the name suggests is the region where some of the volatile elements like water, ammonia, etc. exist as ice in granular form. The...
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Chapter 26 / Lesson 4The reason why planets differ from each other can be explained by the condensation sequence, a key factor in planetary formation. Discover other factors in planetary formation, such as the solar nebula and uncompressed density, in this lesson.