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The nebular theory, also known as nebular hypothesis, presents one explanation of how the solar system was formed, proposed by Pierre Simon de Laplace in 1796.

A 1950s discovery by Soviet mathematician Viktor Safronov, solving the problem of how the solar system's planets were formed, was largely ignored until an American graduate student passed Safronov's i

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…

In the 1950s, Viktor Safronov, a young Soviet mathematician, was tasked with solving the problem of how the solar system's planets were formed. A decade later he had the answer — but it was largely ignored until an American graduate student passed Safronov's ideas on to NASA.