This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: Which are the oldest solar system objects that have been dated radioactively? What are their ages? ... (Read 33 times)

MGLQZ

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 579
Which are the oldest solar system objects that have been dated radioactively? What are their ages?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

How do the motions of the Sun and planets reflect the disk shape of the solar nebula?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

scottmt

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 322
Answer to Question 1

The most important source for determining the age of the Solar System is meteorites. Radioactive dating of meteorites yields a range of ages, but there is a fairly precise upper limit many meteorite samples have ages of 4.56 billion years old, and none are older. That figure is widely accepted as the age of the Solar System and is often rounded to 4.6 billion years. The true ages of Earth, the Moon, and Mars are also assumed to be 4.6 billion years, although no rocks from those bodies have yet been found that have remained unaltered for that entire stretch of time.

Answer to Question 2

The solar nebula theory supposes that planets form in the rotating disks of gas and dust around young stars. The evidence is strong that our own planetary system formed in such a disk-shaped cloud around the Sun. When the Sun became luminous enough, the remaining gas and dust were blown away into space, leaving the planets orbiting the Sun.




MGLQZ

  • Member
  • Posts: 579
Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


hollysheppard095

  • Member
  • Posts: 339
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

Did you know?

Addicts to opiates often avoid treatment because they are afraid of withdrawal. Though unpleasant, with proper management, withdrawal is rarely fatal and passes relatively quickly.

Did you know?

More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.

Did you know?

The largest baby ever born weighed more than 23 pounds but died just 11 hours after his birth in 1879. The largest surviving baby was born in October 2009 in Sumatra, Indonesia, and weighed an astounding 19.2 pounds at birth.

Did you know?

Complications of influenza include: bacterial pneumonia, ear and sinus infections, dehydration, and worsening of chronic conditions such as asthma, congestive heart failure, or diabetes.

Did you know?

Vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate) should be taken before any drug administration. Patients should be informed not to use tobacco or caffeine at least 30 minutes before their appointment.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library