Depending if you believe in science or God....
Science = big bang/it just happened to form
God = he created it
2007-03-09 06:47:52
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answer #1
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answered by jcss_003 5
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The early sun was a protoplanetary nebula. With a debris field which was mainly chunks of rock and other material. It was extremely violent at the time with rocks smashing against and sending each other into oblivion.
As bigger bodies gathered mass and gathered more rocks they started to shape into planets and so on and so fourth. As earth gained more mass it looked more like a planet but with no water. In a theory earth collided with another planet made of mostly Water (don't know the exact name of planet). It hit the Earth at just the perfect angle to give it ring system but not close enough to be captured by Earths gravity. One piece of rock was just big enough to capture the other rocks and debris floating around the Earth. Which eventually formed to make the moon. Why the Earth was still a proto-planet it was constantly being bombarded by asteroids and other small protoplanets. Eventually the Earth cooled down and with the moon the earths shield protecting it from asteroid impacts.
As the violence calmed the earth earth was able to form a reasonably atmosphere and H2O for life.
That or you can believe in the Bible which I believe in.
It has been a while since I have said or written anything about this which I'm sure I am missing some information and I am a little off.
Hope I helped some.
2007-03-09 14:19:59
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answer #2
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answered by T-Bob Squarepants 3
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Depends on which theory you want to use. Big Bang theories says that gravitational forces attracted atoms together to form molecules and these attracted more molecules to form stars and planets and whatever else. Creation dumps the whole problem in the lap of a creator variously known as Jehovah, God, Allah and a bunch of other names (an alias list longer than most police rap sheets).
2007-03-09 13:47:20
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answer #3
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answered by St N 7
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The answer to your question lies billions of years in the past before our solar system had formed. At that time an immense cloud of gas and dust drifted in interstellar space. Within this nebula were regions of higher density, and in one of them the gas and dust began to accumulate into individual objects. Also within this region there was random motion that was transferred to the developing spheres (..conservation of momentum). As more and more material was acquired by the proto-planets and sun, the developing solar system formed itself into a disc because it took on more and more of the original nebula's motion, thus the velocity of the disc increased, and that led to a disc that was progressively flatter and flatter.
Today most of the planets of our solar system orbit the sun in almost the same plane (..called the 'ecliptic') with Venus and Pluto the most notable exceptions.
2007-03-09 14:14:58
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answer #4
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answered by Chug-a-Lug 7
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Creating a Mini Earth:
Take three parts water and one part soil. Place it in your mother's blender on the "Puree" setting for 25 seconds. Let sit for 1 minute and then "Pulse" the mixture every 6 seconds for a minute. Dump contents of blender on kitchen floor and leave it there overnight. When you wake up in the morning you will be astounded by what you've created.
2007-03-09 13:46:28
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answer #5
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answered by johnny_zonker 3
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There was some star long ago which ran out of hydrogen to produce energy, exploded, and the remnants became particles of matter floating around. These particles collected because of gravitational force and turned into planets and stars.
2007-03-09 13:45:34
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answer #6
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answered by MLBfreek35 5
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residues from the cloud of gas that formed the sun formed several smaller masses the circle the sun, one of them is earth, the others are planets and other bodies circling the sun.
2007-03-09 13:46:18
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answer #7
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answered by Anonymous
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From the void.
2007-03-09 13:42:23
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answered by Jerry P 6
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