Asked by caleb

Which of these steps in the process of accretion occurs first?

Planets form through many collisions of larger bodies and clumping together.

Small bodies in space collide with other small bodies to form larger bodies.

Planets end up as planetary systems with natural moons and satellites that orbit them due to gravity.

Grains of dust collide with each other to form small bodies.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"Grains of dust collide with each other to form small bodies."

This is the initial stage of accretion: dust → planetesimals (small bodies) → collisions of those build larger bodies → many collisions form planets → planets end up with moons/satellites.