Overview of cosmological theories of planetary formation, including Jean and Jeffery’s Tidal Theory, Russel’s Binary Star Hypothesis, Hoyle’s Supernova Hypothesis, and Schmidt’s Interstellar Hypothesis. Learn how each theory explains the formation and structure of planetary systems and their unique contributions to our understanding of the solar system's origins.
According to Hoyle, there were initially two stars in the universe:
The Primitive Sun
The Companion Star
The Companion Star was a giant that later became a supernova due to nuclear reactions.
The violent explosion of the Companion Star resulted in the spread of an enormous mass of dust, which started revolving around the Primitive Sun in the form of a circular disc.
The matter of this disc became the building material for the formation of future planets.
Thus, the planets of our solar system were formed due to the condensation of matter from the disc.
According to Schmidt, the initial universe was composed of stars and randomly distributed matter filling the space in between.
This dark matter started to revolve around the primitive rotating sun and gradually began accreting and condensing, eventually forming the solar system.
Although Schmidt did not explain the origin of these dark matters, they were called ‘Inter-Stellar Dusts’ by him.
This theory can be considered as explaining the processes that preceded the Nebular Accretionary process of Laplace & Kant.
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