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<p style="margin:0in0in10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Hi All,</font></p><p style="margin:0in0in10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3">I am having some trouble wrapping my head around some items dealing with solar system creation.<span> </span>I would guess the main issues I am having has to do with my lack of a scientific background and trouble grasping the sizes/distances involved.<span> </span>However, if anyone could recommend some good books or articles I would appreciate it.<span> </span>I have been through wiki but it hasn’t been much of a help</font></p><p style="margin:0in0in10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3">A few of the things I am having problems with at the moment are</font></p><p style="margin:0in0in10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3">1) The distribution of heavy elements in our solar system.<span> </span>I was under the impression that these would have to be created in a star which indicates that perhaps our solar system was the result of a past Super Nova.<span> </span>I am having some trouble following how that process would work and why they would not be more distributed across our solar system</font></p><p style="margin:0in0in10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3">2) The inner planets are something else that is causing me problems.<span> </span>My understanding is that the current theory states that the Sun is the result of a Gas/dust cloud collapsing upon itself.<span> </span>What I don’t understand is why the particles that created the inner planets did not collapse into the Sun as well.<span> </span>Were they evenly distributed across the original gas cloud at some point, or did the rocky materials migrate within the solar system at certain points within the solar systems life?</font></p><p style="margin:0in0in10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri" size="3">My understanding of solar system creation really just comes from wiki, so any help would be appreciated</font></p>