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1 History of the Earth Chapter 1: Formation of the Earth From the Big Bang to Early Planets

2 Origin of the Solar System: The Data

3 1. 99% of the mass of the solar system is in the sun

4 2. We know the composition of the sun

5 3. Planets orbit the sun in the plane of the sun’s equator

6 4. Planets come in two groups: Terrestrial Planets MercuryVenusEarth Mars - Small, Dense and made of Rock and Iron

7 4. Planets come in two groups: Jovian Planets Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune - Large, Low Density, and Made of Gas and Ice

8 Asteroids Mathilde & Eros (NEAR) Ida & Dactyl

9 Kuiper Belt & Pluto

10 5. Meteorites

11 Chondrites Carbonaceous Ordinary

12 Chondrules under a scope X-Ray Image

13 Abundance of Elements in Carbonaceous Chondrites

14 Achondrite - Stony Meterorite A stone from the Stannern eucrite shower that fell over Moravia, Czech Republic in 1808.

15 Iron Meteorite

16 Stony-Iron: Palasite Olivine Iron

17 6. Properties of the Earth

18 Origin of the Solar System: Interpretation Solar Nebula Hypothesis

19 1. Start With a Nebula Something (Supernova?) Triggers Nebula to Collapse

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21 2. Nebula Collapses to form Protostar (Early Sun)

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25 Protostar Formation

26 3. Residual Material Begins to Cool and Accrete

27 3a. “Gas” Segregated by Melting Temperature and Condenses

28 3b. Accretion: Dust Particles Accrete into Planetesimals

29 3b. Planetesimals Accrete into Planets

30 DaDa! - A Solar System

31 Dust Disks Around Young Stars

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33 Extrasolar Planets

34 First Extra- Solar Planet Photographed (2005)

35 4. Terrestrial Planets Heat up and Differentiate: Iron Catastrophe Heat Comes From: 1.Kinetic Energy of Accretion 2.Gravitational Energy 3.Radioactive Decay 4.Differentiation

36 Earth’s Interior

37 Meteorite Sources

38 Meteorites & Solar System Age Formation: 4.56 billion years Meteorites all with 20 myrs (earliest within few Myrs of supernova) Supernova to sun and planetesimals - few million years! Layered earth about 96±12 Myrs after meteorites Nebula to layered earth & moon - about 100 Myrs

39 Earth in the Early Hadean? 2004 - Fred Sulahria


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