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Tidal Theory
Related Category: Astronomy: General
see solar system.
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Solar System - the sun and the surrounding planets, natural satellites, asteroids, meteoroids, and comets that are bound by its gravity.
Tidal Theory
The theory of the origin of the solar system involving the near collision of a massive body with the sun.
The original version of a tidal theory, due to Buffon (1785), considered passage of a comet, but modern versions of this theory invoke a passing star.
 See also: Asteroids, Gravity, Satellite, Meteor, Solar System
  
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