Planet Formation

October 9, 2021
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech
Language
  • english

Audience: 9th Grade and older.

Description:

This slide illustrates how planets form from dust over a few hundred million years inside protoplanetary disks. Steps illustrated in this slide include planetesimal, protoplanets, giant, and rocky planets.

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