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Thank you for your quick response! Having now done some research into protoplanetary disks, the formation of planets and orbits makes a lot more sense to me. Thanks again!

Hey all, I have a layman's question that's been bothering me for a while. As I understand it, the orbit of a given planetary body around a high-gravity object (like a sun) is determined by the balance between its tangential velocity and the force being applied on it by the high-gravity object...