An artwork of the solar system at an early stage of formation.

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Mark Garlick / Alamy Stock Photo

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B7N0YM

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63.7 MB (1.2 MB Compressed download)

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5708 x 3900 px | 48.3 x 33 cm | 19 x 13 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

23 January 2004

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The solar system at an early stage of formation. The system is a disc of gas and dust called a protoplanetary disc. Within it some of the harder rocky bits have stated to lump together through accretion to make planetesimals, the precursors of planets.

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