The Formation of the Solar System
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- Original Source:American Museum of Natural History
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Description
About 4.6 billion years ago, a cloud of interstellar dust, ice crystals, and gas collapsed to form a rapidly rotating disk with a young sun at its center: our solar system. This comic strip, a supplement to the Hall of Meteorites Educator's Guide, explains the processes that led to the creation of the planets and the asteroid belt.
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Grade: PS/Pre-K to 12
Topics: Earth & Space Science
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