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This chapter presents the main characteristics of the formation scenario of the solar system. The fist sections summarize the observational constaints and the input of stellar physics, and reviewprevious formation models. The next section describes the currently accepted model, based on the collapse of a protoplanetary nebula into a disk and the subsequent accretion of planets from planetesimals within this disk. The last section presents the formation and the evolution of planetary atmospheres within this formation scenatio.
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Encrenaz, T. (2001). The Formation of Planets. In: Williams, I.P., Thomas, N. (eds) Solar and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 577. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44807-1_6
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