Formation of Our Solar System

Science, Grade 7

Formation of Our Solar System

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1. Formation of Our Solar System
Rocky planetesimals near the Sun grew by accretion to become the rocky planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. In the colder outer parts of the solar system, frozen gases accreted to rocky cores to form the gas giant planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.