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Flaws in the Modern Laplacian Theory of the Solar System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

J. J. Monaghan
J. J. Monaghan*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic 3168
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Abstract

The Modern Laplacian Theory (Prentice 1978) of the origin of the solar system assumes a non-dissipative model of supersonic turbulence and the existence of stable rings left behind during the contraction of the proto-Sun. We show by numerical simulation that the turbulence is highly dissipative and the rings are unstable. As a result of the instability the rings spread and interact with the proto-Sun. The rings therefore cannot form in the way Prentice has proposed.

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Invited
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , 1991 , pp. 240
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1991

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