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This paper presents, in rather popular form, a theory of planet formation in the tradition, founded by I. Kant and P.S. Laplace, stating that planets originate from dust around the sun. The paper uses the most recent advances of the theory of turbulence.
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Talk first given in Munich in winter 1943–1944. This text is for the first time available in English and was translated into English by Ms. Ann Hentschel with the financial support the Udo-Keller-Foundation.
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Complete exposition of the new theory in: Zeitschrift für Astrophysik 22 (1943) 319.
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von Weizsäcker, C.F. (2014). The Formation of the Planetary System. In: Drieschner, M. (eds) Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Major Texts in Physics. SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice(), vol 22. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03668-7_3
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