Question
Consider the following statements regarding the Tidal hypothesis:
Which of the statements given above are correct?
- It is a monistic hypothesis.
- It was propounded by the British scientist James Jeans.
- It holds filament responsible for the origin of the solar system.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Answer: Option B
Answer: (b)
The Jeans-Jeffreys tidal hypothesis, championed by James Jeans and Harold Jeffreys, explained the origin of the solar system as a result of a close encounter between the Sun and a second star.
However, it differed significantly from the other major catastrophic hypothesis of the 20th century, the Chamberlin-Moulton planetesimal hypothesis.
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Answer: (b)
The Jeans-Jeffreys tidal hypothesis, championed by James Jeans and Harold Jeffreys, explained the origin of the solar system as a result of a close encounter between the Sun and a second star.
However, it differed significantly from the other major catastrophic hypothesis of the 20th century, the Chamberlin-Moulton planetesimal hypothesis.
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