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The Origin of the Sun and the Early Evolution of the Solar System with Special Emphasis on Mars, Asteroids, and Meteorites

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Many of the details of the origin and evolution of the Solar System are still debated. In this chapter I develop a model that utilizes a natural progression of events: (1) accumulation of dust and gas from previous stellar explosions, (2) X-Wind model for the formation of the first dateable crystals in the form of calcium-aluminum inclusions (CIAs) in meteorites; Vulcanoid planetoids then form by accretion of CAI material in orbits near the Sun, (3) Disc-Wind model for the formation of chondrules which are the major constituents in chondritic meteorites which then form the terrestrial planet and asteroids, (4) sequence of FU Orionis joule heating events to remelt an outer portion of the larger Vulcanoid planetoids (like Luna) and perhaps melt all or some of the smaller Vulcanoid planetoids located between the Sun and the orbit of Mercury. Various combinations of meteorites then accrete to form the terrestrial planets and asteroids. The outer planets then form from some combination of volatiles expelled from the inner solar system because of X-Wind action and material drifting in from the outer reaches of the solar nebular cloud.

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Malcuit, R. (2021). The Origin of the Sun and the Early Evolution of the Solar System with Special Emphasis on Mars, Asteroids, and Meteorites. In: Geoforming Mars. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58876-2_2

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