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 | Did you know that our solar system was formed from a solar nebula? | |
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| What's a solar nebula? | |
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| A solar nebula is a cloud of gas and dust that collapsed and formed a rotating protoplanetary disk. | |
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| Oh, that's really interesting! | |
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| Over time, small particles in the disk started sticking together through a process called accretion, forming the planets, including terrestrial planets like Earth and gas giants like Jupiter, as well as smaller bodies like the asteroid belt, Kuiper belt, and Oort cloud. | |
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| Wow, I had no idea our solar system had such a fascinating origin story! | |
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