Space Forum / Space Science / April 2005

There are different opinions on planetary formation in the period
before solar ignition. In my opinion, evidence exists showing nearly
complete development by the time of the first sunrise. The inner worlds
may have resembled Enceladus in the dawn's early light, frosty and
encased by icy shells of frozen material.

For proof of this, we need but examine the visible results of former
ice cap locations. The Utopian and Argyrian basins of Mars; Mercury's
Caloris Basin, with its antipode; the Moon's shield-like Maria, and
their ice-stained antipodes: all, in my opinion, point to the existance
of fully-formed planets, brought to fruition during the time of the
Protosun.

kk