Sentences with phrase «planetary formation predicted»

Not exact matches

Its dense iron core takes up 42 per cent of its volume, its orbit is less circular than that of the other planets, and current planetary formation models predict Mercury should be closer to the sun and bigger, so we know we're missing something.

Though scientists are fairly certain the rings indicate that planets are beginning to form, the structure pictured defies the time line they would have predicted in the process of planetary formation.