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What materials formed the solar system?

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short term answer: dust and gas.

Explanation: learned it in 5th grade science class, bye have a great day !

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The solar system formed from a cloud of gas and dust, known as the solar nebula, that collapsed under its own gravity about 4.6 billion years ago. As the solar nebula collapsed, it formed a spinning disk of gas and dust, with most of the material concentrated at the center. Over time, the material in the disk began to clump together due to gravity, forming small rocky and icy planetesimals, which collided and merged to form larger bodies. These larger bodies eventually became the planets, moons, asteroids, and other objects that make up the solar system today. The exact composition of the solar nebula and the materials that formed the solar system varied depending on the distance from the Sun and the temperature and pressure conditions in different regions of the nebula. Generally, the inner solar system (including the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) is composed mostly of rocky materials, while the outer solar system (including the gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, as well as the dwarf planet Pluto) is composed mostly of ices, such as water, ammonia, and methane, as well as gases like hydrogen and helium.

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