Planet formation in the early solar system,artwork. Early in the life of the solar system there was a large amount of debris orbiting in a disc around the newly-formed Sun. Mutual gravitational attraction (accretion) of particles formed asteroids,which then joined together to form larger bodies,eventually creating the planets. The Sun formed around 4.6 billion years ago | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Van Ravenswaay, Detlev |
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