This PowerPoint relates to the Origin of the Solar System of the Physics 1 specification. Students learn to:

(a) understand the theory of the origin of the Solar System in terms of the gravitational collapse of a cloud of gas (largely hydrogen and helium) and dust.

(b) describe the main features of the Solar System, including the Sun, the rocky and gas

planets, moons, asteroids and comets, relating these features to the origin of the Solar System.

(c) interpret data on the orbits of planets and other bodies in the Solar System.

(d) understand the effect of gravity on the orbital motion of planets, comets, moons and artificial satellites and use a model of radiation pressure to account for cometary tails.

(e) know how new discoveries of solar system objects are made by the use of ICT to detect movement.