Hello Listers,
With all this talk about a new found Earth like Earth, I thought I would be
good to post this article to the List's way.
"The Birth Environment of the Solar System"
Fred C. Adams
It takes a few pages of reading before it gets to the good stuff about
meteorites, but I found this as a great read and introduction to a new
found look at the formation of our solar system and how the elements became the
Earth, the Moon and our METEORITES :)
ABSTRACT
This paper reviews our current understanding of the possible birth environments
of our Solar System. Since most stars form within groups and clusters,
the question becomes one of determining the nature of the birth aggregate of
the Sun. This discussion starts by reviewing Solar System properties that
provide constraints on our environmental history. We then outline the range of
star-forming environments that are available in the Galaxy, and discuss how
they affect star and planet formation. The nature of the solar birth cluster is
constrained by many physical considerations, including radiation fields
provided by the background environment, dynamical scattering interactions, and
by the necessity of producing the short-lived radioactive nuclear species
inferred from meteoritic measurements. Working scenarios for the solar birth
aggregate can be constructed, as discussed herein, although significant
uncertainties remain.
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1001/1001.5444v2.pdf
Shawn Alan
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