The Origin of the Solar System and Other Planetary Systems
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1 The Origin of the Solar System and Other Planetary Systems Modeling Planet Formation Boundary Conditions Nebular Hypothesis Fixing Problems Role of Catastrophes Planets of Other Stars
2 Modeling Planet Formation Any model must explain: 1. Planets are relatively isolated in space 2. Planetary orbits are nearly circular 3. Planetary orbits all lie in (nearly) the same plane 4. Direction of orbital motion is the same as direction of Sun s rotation (prograde revolution) 5. Direction of the rotation most planets is the same as the Sun s rotation (prograde rotation) 6. Most satellite orbits are also in the same sense (prograde revolution) 7. Solar system is highly differentiated 8. Asteroids are very old, and not like either inner or outer planets 9. Kuiper belt, asteroid-sized icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune 10. Oort cloud is similar to Kuiper belt in composition, but farther out and with random orbits
3 Nebular Hypothesis 1. The solar system began as a rotating cloud of gas and dust. 2. It began to collapse. 3. Conservation of linear and angular momentum caused the collapsing cloud to flatten into a disk. 4. This process increased the density of the medium. 5. The center remained semi spherical because of a concentration of heat. 6. As temperatures decreased, gases could condense into liquids and solids. 7. Planetesimals formed from the accretion of condensed material and collided to form planets.
4 The Condensation of Solids To compare densities of planets, one must compensate for compression from the planet s gravity Only condensed materials could stick together to form planets The temperature in the protostellar cloud decreased outward. A cooler protostellar cloud matter with lower vaporization points condense change of chemical composition progressing outward in the solar system
5 Temperature in the Solar Nebula The temperature in the nebula determines where various materials condensed into small grains of solids or drops of liquids
6 Formation and Growth of Planetesimals After condensation, planet formation continues with the sticking together of colliding drops and grains (accretion) to form planetesimals Planetesimals grow from both condensation and accretion. Planetesimals (few cm to km in size) collide to form planets. Gravitational instabilities may have helped in the growth of planetesimals into protoplanets.
7 Terrestrial Planets Accretion theory: A large interstellar cloud or nebula of gas and dust starts to contract, heating up from the loss of gravitational potential energy The Sun forms in center; dust provides condensation nuclei, around which planetesimals form As planets grow, they sweep up planetesimals near them, called accretion
8 Differentiation in the Solar System Terrestrial (rocky) planets formed near the Sun, where temperatures were higher ices could not condense there
9 The Growth of Protoplanets The simplest form of planet growth: Unchanged composition of accreted matter over time As rocks melted, heavier elements sank to the center differentiation Gas is released from a hot interior (outgassing) production of a secondary atmosphere A variation of this scenario: Gradual change of accreted grain composition resulting from the cooling nebula which allows volatile materials to condense after the accretion of refractory materials differential accretion
10 The Giant Planet Problem Two problems for the theory of giant planet formation: 1) Observations of extrasolar planets indicate that giant planets are common. 2) The radiation from nearby massive stars causes protoplanetary disks to evaporate quickly (typically within ~100,000 years). Too short for giant planets to grow! Solution: Computer simulations show that giant planets can grow by direct gas accretion without forming rocky planetesimals.
11 Giant planets: Started accreting like terrestrial planets from more abundant ices They grew quickly Once they were large enough, they probably captured gas directly from the contracting nebula They may have formed from instabilities in the outer, cool regions of the nebula Giant Planets
12 Solar Rotation Problem Conservation of angular momentum requires that the product of radius and rotation rate must be constant for a particle. This implies that the Sun should be rotating much more rapidly than it does. Two bodies of the same mass and different radii can have the same angular momentum, if the body of smaller radius has a comparably larger rotation speed
13 Solar Rotation Problem As it collapsed, the solar nebula had to conserve its angular momentum However, now, the Sun has almost none of the solar system s angular momentum Jupiter alone accounts for 60% Four giant planets account for more than 99% Why doesn t the Sun rotate more rapidly?
14 Solar Rotation Problem Hypothesis: The Sun transferred most of its angular momentum to outer planets (and interstellar space) as a result of friction from the magnetic drag of field lines passing through a conducting plasma (magnetic braking).
15 Solar Rotation Problem The plausibility of magnetic breaking from a strong solar wind can be found in T Tauri stars which are in a highly active phase of their evolution and have strong stellar winds. Besides being a source of magnetic braking, these winds also sweep away the gas disk, leaving the planetesimals and gas giants.
16 Asteroid Problem Why is there an asteroid belt? Orbits mostly between Mars and Jupiter Jupiter s gravity inhibited planetesimals from condensing into a planet or accreting onto an existing one although a few dwarf planets were formed This implies that most asteroids are essentially planetesimals left over from the initial formation of the solar system Some asteroid families are debris of larger asteroids that were broken apart in a collision
17 Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud Icy planetesimals far from the Sun have remained as Kuiper belt bodies. Some of these were ejected into distant orbits by gravitational interaction with the giant planets forming the Oort cloud. Oort cloud objects have very eccentric orbits and occasionally appear in the inner solar system as comets.
18 Clearing the Nebula Remains of the protosolar nebula were cleared away by: Radiation pressure of the Sun Solar wind Sweeping-up of space debris by planets Ejection by close encounters with planets Surfaces of the Moon and Mercury show evidence for heavy bombardment by asteroids sweeping-up some the debris.
19 Timeline of Solar System Formation
20 The Role of Catastrophes Condensation-accretion theory explains the 10 properties of the solar system mentioned at the beginning. However, there are special cases not explained by the theory. 1. Mercury s large metallic core may be the result of a collision between two planetesimals, where much of the mantle was lost. 2. Two large bodies may have merged to form Venus. 3. Earth Moon system may have formed after a collision. 4. A late collision may have caused Mars north south asymmetry and stripped most of its atmosphere. 5. Uranus tilted axis may be the result of a glancing collision. 6. Miranda may have been almost destroyed in a collision. 7. Interactions between giant protoplanets and planetesimals could be responsible for irregular satellites. 8. Pluto is probably a large Kuiper-belt object.
21 The Role of Catastrophes Many of these explanations have one thing in common a catastrophic, or near-catastrophic, collision at a critical time during formation. Normally, one does not like to explain things by calling on one-time events, but it is clear that the early solar system involved almost constant collisions. Some must have been exceptional. Collisions can give predictable results when large numbers of them can be treated statistically. However, there are always statistical outliers that produce extraordinary results.
22 Planets of Other Stars The theory of planet formation has planets evolving from a stellar nebula. Since most stars form from a stellar nebula Many stars should have planets! Most other planets cannot be imaged directly. How are they found? We look for wobbling motion of the star around the common center of mass with its planetary system.
23 Searching for Extrasolar Planets Planets around other stars can be detected if they are large enough to cause the star to wobble as the planet and star orbit around their common center of mass. If the wobble is longitudinal to our line of sight, it can also be detected through the Doppler shift as the star's motion changes.
24 Searching for Extrasolar Planets We can observe periodic Doppler shifts of stars with no visible companion which is evidence for the wobbling motion of the star around the common center of mass of a planetary system
25 Searching for Extrasolar Planets An extrasolar planet may also be detected if its orbit lies in the plane of the line of sight to us. The planet will then eclipse the star, and if the planet is large enough, some decrease in luminosity may be observed.
26 Planets of Other Stars Over 450 extrasolar planets have been found so far and more are being found rapidly Most have masses comparable to Jupiter s mass Orbits are much smaller, and in some cases very much smaller, than the orbit of Jupiter Orbits have high eccentricity
27 Evidence for Ongoing Planet Formation Many young stars in the Orion Nebula are surrounded by dust disks: Probably sites of planet formation right now!
28 Dust Disks around Forming Stars Dust disks around some T Tauri stars can be imaged directly (HST).
29 Planets of Other Stars Orbits of 60 of the known extrasolar planets; note that some of them are very close to their star.
30 Planets of Other Stars Planets orbiting within 0.1 A.U. of their stars are called hot Jupiters ; they are not included in the previous figure but are numerous. Stars with composition like our Sun are much more likely to have planets, showing that the dusty disk theory of solar system formation is plausible. Some of these planets may actually be brown dwarfs (i.e. a large body not quite large enough to be a star), but probably not many. The other planetary systems discovered so far appear to be very different from our own. Selection effect biases sample toward massive planets orbiting close to parent star; lower-mass planets cannot be detected this way.
31 Planets of Other Stars Recently, more Jupiter-like planets have been found; this one has almost the mass of Jupiter and an orbital period of 9.1 years. The blue line is the same curve for Jupiter.
32 Planets of Other Stars This figure shows the size of the habitable zone (where there is a possibility of liquid water being present) as a function of the mass of the parent star. Gliese 581c and Gliese 581d are close to this zone.
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