Definition of Planetesimal hypothesis

1. Noun. (cosmology) the theory that the solar system was formed by the gravitational accumulation of planetesimals.

Generic synonyms: Scientific Theory
Category relationships: Cosmogeny, Cosmogony, Cosmology

Lexicographical Neighbors of Planetesimal Hypothesis

planetary house
planetary nebula
planetary nebulae
planetary nebulas
planetary object
planetary ring
planetary rings
planetary science
planetary system
planetary systems
planetdom
planeted
planeteer
planeteers
planetesimal
planetesimal hypothesis (current term)
planetesimals
planetessimal
planetessimals
planetfall
planethood
planetic
planetless
planetlike
planetocentric
planetographic
planetography
planetoid
planetoidal
planetoids

Literary usage of Planetesimal hypothesis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"THE planetesimal hypothesis.1 Under the typical form of the planetesimal ... The planetesimal hypothesis by no means excludes gases from playing a part in ..."

2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"THE planetesimal hypothesis.! Under the typical form of the planetesimal ... The planetesimal hypothesis by no means excludes gases from playing a part in ..."

3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The planetesimal hypothesis by no means excludes gases from playing a part in the parent nebula, or in its evolution ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"The publication of the " Evolution of Worlds," with its nameless presentation of the planetesimal hypothesis, shows that while Lowell appreciates the ..."

5. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"Distinctive Features of the planetesimal hypothesis. — But toward the end of the nineteenth century, some, of more penetrating vision, began to see also the ..."

6. A College Text-book of Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1909)
"... to the formation of a planet, perhaps because a meteoritic nebula tends to pass into a gaseous nebula as it condenses. III. The planetesimal hypothesis ..."

7. Igneous Rocks and Their Origin by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1914)
"IGNEOUS ROCKS AND THEIR ORIGIN only the relation of the planetesimal hypothesis to the comparatively superficial temperatures need be discussed in this ..."

8. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"Under the planetesimal hypothesis, the earth became continually larger as its bulk was increased ..."

9. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"THE planetesimal hypothesis.1 Under the typical form of the planetesimal ... The planetesimal hypothesis by no means excludes gases from playing a part in ..."

10. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"THE planetesimal hypothesis.! Under the typical form of the planetesimal ... The planetesimal hypothesis by no means excludes gases from playing a part in ..."

11. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The planetesimal hypothesis by no means excludes gases from playing a part in the parent nebula, or in its evolution ..."

12. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"The publication of the " Evolution of Worlds," with its nameless presentation of the planetesimal hypothesis, shows that while Lowell appreciates the ..."

13. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"Distinctive Features of the planetesimal hypothesis. — But toward the end of the nineteenth century, some, of more penetrating vision, began to see also the ..."

14. A College Text-book of Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1909)
"... to the formation of a planet, perhaps because a meteoritic nebula tends to pass into a gaseous nebula as it condenses. III. The planetesimal hypothesis ..."

15. Igneous Rocks and Their Origin by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1914)
"IGNEOUS ROCKS AND THEIR ORIGIN only the relation of the planetesimal hypothesis to the comparatively superficial temperatures need be discussed in this ..."

16. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"Under the planetesimal hypothesis, the earth became continually larger as its bulk was increased ..."

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