Protosolar Nebula Theory

• Theory building
• Solar Solar system data to be explained:
  architecture, dynamical patterns, planetary patterns small body populations: asteroid belt Kuiper Belt Oort Cloud
• Prosolar nebula initial conditions: molecular cloud like this iconic image in the Eagle Nebula (aka M16)
• ingredients: gas and dust
  dust micrographs: interplanetary, cometary
• gravitational collapse simulation
• Protoplanetary disk: artist's conception, simulation
• The rise of planets