SOLAR SYSTEM

UNIVERSE

SOLAR SYSTEM FORMATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What forms in the very center of the collapsed, rotating nebula (also known as an accretion disk)?
A
A protosun
B
A planet
C
A protoplanet
D
A planetesimal
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The core accretion model Gravity collapsed the material in on itself as it began to spin, forming the sun in the center of the nebula.

Detailed explanation-2: -The protoplanetary disk may also be considered an accretion disk for the star itself, because gases or other material may be falling from the inner edge of the disk onto the surface of the star. This process should not be confused with the accretion process thought to build up the planets themselves.

Detailed explanation-3: -Eventually, the clump of dust and gas gets so big that it collapses from its own gravity. The collapse causes the material at the center of the cloud to heat up-and this hot core is the beginning of a star.

Detailed explanation-4: -Our solar system began forming about 4.6 billion years ago within a concentration of interstellar dust and hydrogen gas called a molecular cloud. The cloud contracted under its own gravity and our proto-Sun formed in the hot dense center. The remainder of the cloud formed a swirling disk called the solar nebula.

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