UNIVERSE
METEORITES
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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It is formed out of gas
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dust and ice particles clumped together when the solar system was very young
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hot rocks formed into layers
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Within the solar nebula, scientists believe that dust and ice particles embedded in the gas moved, occasionally colliding and clumping together. Through this process, called “accretion, ‘’ these microscopic particles formed larger bodies that eventually became planetesimals with sizes up to a few kilometers across.
Detailed explanation-2: -Comets. Comets orbit the Sun, like asteroids. But comets are made of ice and dust-not rock.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Sun and the planets formed together, 4.6 billion years ago, from a cloud of gas and dust called the solar nebula. A shock wave from a nearby supernova explosion probably initiated the collapse of the solar nebula. The Sun formed in the center, and the planets formed in a thin disk orbiting around it.
Detailed explanation-4: -Approximately 4.6 billion years ago, the solar system was a cloud of dust and gas known as a solar nebula. Gravity collapsed the material in on itself as it began to spin, forming the sun in the center of the nebula. With the rise of the sun, the remaining material began to clump together.
Detailed explanation-5: -As a comet approaches the inner Solar System, solar radiation causes the volatile materials within the comet to vaporize and stream out of the nucleus, carrying dust away with them.