A Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Models of Planet Formation

The Nebula Theory, at present the standard model of planet formation, proposes that a star and planets are derived from a single spinning nebula. Woolfson here introduces an alternative, the Capture Theory, in which planets are produced from a protostar tidally disrupted by a condensed star which 'captures' most of the formed planets into orbits.

• | Author: Michael Mark Woolfson
• | Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd
• | Publication Date: Aug 01, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 248 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1786342723
• | ISBN-13: 9781786342720