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The Chemistry of the Solar System

The sun, the planets and other bodies in the system formed out of a cloud of dust and gas. What processes in the cloud could account for the present composition of these objects?

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 230 Issue 3This article was originally published with the title “The Chemistry of the Solar System” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 230 No. 3 (), p. 50
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0374-50