The Solar System Begins with (1) a Primordial Molecular Cloud... (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The Solar System Begins with (1) a Primordial Molecular Cloud...

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'The solar system begins with (1) a primordial molecular cloud, which (2) collapses into (3) a protoplanetary disk filled with gas where planetary precursors begin to form, potentially via (4) chondrule accretion, eventually aggregating into (5) compositionally and radially distinct objects.'

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Jean Bollard/Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris.

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