UNIVERSE
SOLAR SYSTEM FORMATION
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Question
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Gas Giants gravity was so strong that it pulled the gasses away from the Inner solar system
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inner planets were less dense
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solar wind blew the lighter gasses to the outer solar system
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inner planets didn’t have gravity
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Detailed explanation-1: -Since the inner planets didn’t have enough mass to hold on to these light gases, their hydrogen and helium floated away into space. The Sun and the massive outer planets had enough gravity to keep hydrogen and helium from drifting away.
Detailed explanation-2: -These outer planets formed far from the sun and therefore were cold. They did not lose their lighter elements, such as helium and hydrogen, or their ices, such as water ice, methane ice, and ammonia ice. The intense heat and pressure in the planet’s interiors melted the ice to form layers of liquids and gases.
Detailed explanation-3: -Flexi Says: The rocky planets are closer to the sun than the gas planets because the temperature near the sun is perfect for condensing rocks and metals while the gas planets can form away from the sun where the temperature is low enough for condensation of gases.
Detailed explanation-4: -However, while our Sun was still a cloud of gas, the outer planets with large solid cores and, therefore, strong gravitational pull attracted hydrogen and helium from the nebula before the sun actually formed. Thereby, the large amounts of gas they attracted now counts for most of the surface of their planets.