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aev
1 month ago
8

A solar system may form from a spinning disk of material called a(n _____

Physics
2 answers:
Softa [3K]1 month ago
5 0

Response;

Accretion disk

A solar system can develop from a rotating disk of material known as an accretion disk

Explanation;

  • The solar system consists of the sun and various planets that orbit it.
  • Accretion refers to the process through which planets formed beginning as dust particles revolving around a central protostar.
  • The material that didn’t get absorbed by the sun circulated around it, creating a flat disk of dust and gas held in place by the sun's gravity. This disk serves as the accretion disk. Each planet originated as a tiny dust particle within this accretion disk.
serg [3.5K]1 month ago
4 0
The correct term is accretion disk. This refers to a formation, typically a circumstellar disk, created by dispersed matter revolving around a large central body, which is usually a star. The gravitational pull causes the material in the disk to spiral inward towards the center.
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