Outline the three steps to the solar nebular theory

What will be an ideal response?


The solar nebula theory implies that the planets formed along with the sun and undergoes three steps.
Step 1: A rotating cloud of gas contracts and flattens to form a thin disk of gas.
Step 2: Form a thin disk of gas and dust around the forming sun at the center.
Step 3: Planets grow from gas and dust in the disk and are left behind when the disk clears.

OR could simplify with these terms: heating, spinning, flattening

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