HyperDic: planetesimal_hypothesis

English > 1 sense of the expression planetesimal hypothesis:
NOUNcognitionplanetesimal hypothesis(cosmology) the theory that the solar system was formed by the gravitational accumulation of planetesimals
English > planetesimal hypothesis: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning(cosmology) the theory that the solar system was formed by the gravitational accumulation of planetesimals.
Categorycosmology, cosmogony, cosmogenyThe branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe
Broaderscientific theoryA theory that explains scientific observations

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