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THE criticisms of Alfven's theory1 of the origin of the solar system contained in Lieut.-Colonel Edgeworth's letter2 seem to be based on a summary of the theory given by its author in an earlier letter3. This summary was clearly designed to illustrate the application of the theory to the newly discovered non-solar planetary systems, and it did not bring out what is perhaps the most attractive feature of the theory, namely, that it explains why a large part of the angular momentum of the solar system resides in the outer planets.
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HUNTER, A. Origin of the Solar System. Nature 153, 255–256 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153255c0
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