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The nature of scientific theories 1
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Chapter 4Theories up to 19604.1 The
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Buffon’s comet theory 117writing
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The Proto-planet Theory 145their ra
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Formation of the Sun: dualistic the
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Formation of planets 169but, of cou
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Formation of planets 173Figure 6.5.
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Formation of planets 179Table 6.3.
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Formation of planets 181Figure 6.12
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Formation of planets 185within whic
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Formation of planets 187Table 6.4.
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Formation of planets 189Figure 6.17
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Chapter 7Planetary orbits and angul
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Chapter 8A planetary collision8.1 I
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The Earth and Venus 245being subjec
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The Earth and Venus 249Table 8.3. P
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Chapter 9The Moon9.1 The origin of
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Lunar magnetism 283Figure 9.19. The
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Lunar magnetism 285isted. Another i
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Lunar magnetism 289much smaller tha
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Mars 297Figure 10.1. The densities
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Neptune, Pluto and Triton 307Table
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Summary 315sumed to be close in to
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Meteorites 317and Dodd 1973). This
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Comets—a general survey 355Figure
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374 Comparisons of the main theorie
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Appendix IThe Chandrasekhar limit,
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392 The Virial TheoremCombining the
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ReferencesAarseth S J 1968 Bull. As
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406 ReferencesMullis A M 1991 Geoph
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IndexAannestad P A, 61Aarseth S J,
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410 Indexcirculation, 132circumstel
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412 Indexgrain formation, 347-349Gr
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414 Indexlunarbasalt, , 286highland
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