Who proposed the Nebular Hypothesis Theory of the origin of Earth?

Q. Who proposed the Nebular Hypothesis Theory of the origin of Earth?
Answer: Laplace
Notes: Laplace put forward his nebular hypothesis theory in 1789. According to this theory, the planets were formed out of a cloud of material associated with a youthful sun.

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