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      • More than 10 impacts with other bodies added bulk to our growing planet, according to most models of Earth's formation. By measuring the age of rocks on the moon, and meteorites found on Earth, scientists estimate the Earth consolidated by 4.54 billion years ago.
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  2. The history of Earth is divided into four great eons, starting 4,540 mya with the formation of the planet. Each eon saw the most significant changes in Earth's composition, climate and life. Each eon is subsequently divided into eras, which in turn are divided into periods, which are further divided into epochs. Eon.

  3. Jul 1, 2024 · Key points in Earth’s formation include the initial birth of our planet within the solar nebula, the differentiation into layers, and the dynamic interplay of geological processes that have shaped the Earth we know today.

  4. Earth formed about 4.54 billion years ago by accretion from the solar nebula, a disk-shaped mass of dust and gas left over from the formation of the Sun, which also created the rest of the Solar System. Initially, Earth was molten due to extreme volcanism and frequent collisions with other bodies.

    • What Is The CORE Accretion Model?
    • What Is The Disk Instability Model?
    • What Is Pebble Accretion?
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    Approximately 4.6 billion years ago, our solar system was just a cloud of dust and gas known as a solar nebula. Gravitycollapsed the material in on itself as it began to spin, condensing the matter and forming the sun in the center of the nebula. With the sun beginning to form, the remaining material started to clump up. Small particles drew togeth...

    While the core accretion model works for terrestrial planets, gas giants would need to evolve rapidly to grab hold of the significant mass of lighter gases they contain. But simulations with that model have not been able to account for this rapid formation. In those simulations, the process takes several million years, which is longer than light ga...

    The disk instability model contends with the core accretion model's issue with time; specifically how quickly massive gas giants would have to grab lighter components. But another, recent model known as pebble accretion, also helps to fill in this explanatory gap. In this model, researchers have shown how smaller, pebble-sized objects could have fu...

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  5. Oct 19, 2023 · The hydrogen protons began fusing, forming helium and releasing massive amounts of energy. This led to the formation of the star that is the center point of our solar system—the sun—roughly 4.6 billion years ago. Planet Formation. The formation of the sun consumed more than 99 percent of the matter in the nebula.

  6. geologic history of Earth, evolution of the continents, oceans, atmosphere, and biosphere. The layers of rock at Earth’s surface contain evidence of the evolutionary processes undergone by these components of the terrestrial environment during the times at which each layer was formed.

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