Mystery of planet formation? Can it be resolved?
Did physicist/mathematician Soviet Viktor Safronov solve this "mystery"? By Dan Levitt. published 4 days ago Until the 1950s, ideas about planet formation were mostly dismissed as fanciful and few astronomers took the question seriously. "For years, Viktor Safronov had the field of planetary formation, which he had created, virtually to himself. Most Soviet colleagues were skeptical and…