Contraction of the solar nebula

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Oct 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984em%26p...31..175r&link_type=abstract

Earth, Moon, and Planets (ISSN 0167-9295), vol. 31, Oct. 1984, p. 175-182.

Physics

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Gas Dynamics, Interstellar Gas, Roche Limit, Solar Corona, Laplace Transformation, Protostars, Supersonic Flow

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The concept of Roche limit is applied to the Laplacian theory of the origin of the solar system to study the contraction of a spherical gas cloud (solar nebula). In the process of contraction of the solar nebula, it is assumed that the phenomenon of supersonic turbulent convection described by Prentice (1978) is operative. It is found that the radius of the contracting solar nebula follows Titius-Bode law Rp = R_sun; ap, where R_sun; is the radius of the present Sun and a = 1.442. The consequences of the relation are also discussed. The aim, here, is an attempt to explain, on the basis of the concept of Roche limit, the distribution of planets in the solar system and try to understand the physics underlying it.

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