Astronomy

Text: "Exploration of the Universe," by Abell, Morrison, and Wolff

 

Vocabulary: Chapter 20.3 (pages 357 -359)

You should be familiar with the following terms and concepts


properties of the solar system which any theory has to account for include:

 

dynamic constraints (what are they)

 

chemical constraints (what are they)

 

age constraints (what are they)

 

nebular hypothesis

 

collapse into a rotating disk

 

condensation

 

accumulation

 

planetesimals

 

accretion (you need to understand this concept/process)

 

why Jupiter isn't a star

 

blasts of hot plasma


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