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Solar System Formation - Coggle Diagram
Solar System Formation
Molecular Cloud Collapse (1)
Supernova shock wave
Gravity overcomes Pressure
Initiates Rotation
Protostar (2)
Gravity concentrates Central Disk
Density Heats Disk (Protostar)
Ignites Nuclear Fusion (main-sequence Star)
Protoplanetary Disk (3)
Gas/Dust in disk around Sun
Inner disk: hot, condenses rocky material
Outer disk: cool, condenses ices and gases
Accretion Process
Dust to Planetesimals
Collisions to Protoplanets
Gravity shapes Orbits
Planet Differentiation (4)
Terrestrial - Rocky, metallic core
Gas Giants - Gas envelope
Ice Giants - H2O, NH4, CH4