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Formation of the Solar System
(see also the resource page on Star Formation)

General Information

  • Planetary Science Institute information page.
  • University of Texas StarDate Online information page.
  • Nine Planets.org article by Frank Crary.
  • Aki Roberge's page at the Carnegie Institution.
  • Windows to the Universe page.

Course Lecture Notes

  • George Mason University: ASTR 103 page.
  • University of Oregon: Lecture notes.

More Advanced References

  • M.M. Woolfson, The Origin and Evolution of the Solar System, IOP Publishing 2000.
  • S.R.Taylor, Solar System Evolution: A New Perspective, 2nd ed, Cambridge University Press 2001.
  • M.A. Garlick, The Story of the Solar System, Cambridge University Press 2002.
  • E.W. Thommes et al., "The formation of Uranus and Neptune among Jupiter and Saturn," astro-ph/0111290.

Up to astronomy resources; Page by Luca Bombelli <bombelli"at"olemiss.edu>, Modified 30 dec 2005