HMC Physics Colloquium
Tuesdays at 16:30 in Shanahan Center for Teaching and Learning, Room B460
Re’em Sari
Caltech
The Formation of the Solar System
March 21, 2006
How do planets form and how long does it take?
Why are their orbits circular and coplanar?
What set the number of planets in our solar system?
We address these fundamental questions providing a
coherent story on the formation of our solar system.