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According to our present theory of solar system formation, why were solid planetesimals able to grow larger in the outer solar system than in the inner solar system?.

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According to our present theory of solar system formation, why were solid planetesimals able to grow larger in the outer solar system than in the inner solar system? Because only metal and rock could condense in the inner solar system, while ice also condensed in the outer solar system.

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