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THE field is still open for the formulation de novo of theories of the origin of the solar system. No observational test has ever been discovered which would impose a definitive restriction upon the basic possibilities, as, for example, to show whether or not we must look to some catastrophic event to produce the necessary initial conditions.
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MCCREA, W. New Views of the Origin of the Solar System. Nature 156, 466–468 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156466a0
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