1. Nebular hypothesis: Current and most accepted.

The Solar System formed from the gravitational collapse of a giant molecular cloud. This theory, given by Cameron in 1973, begins with a slowly rotating nebula very similar to the Laplacian theory. The planet formation starts with a disc of 0.01 to 0.1 solar masses. This is also a monistic theory dealing with mass and angular momentum distribution. 2. Tidal theory: The planets were formed when another star drew near and "ripped" pieces off of the Sun. The theory of the origin of the solar system involving the near collision of a massive body with the sun. The original version of a tidal theory, due to Buffon (1785), considered passage of a comet, but modern versions of this theory invoke a passing star. The gaseous debris torn from the sun by tidal forces is supposed to have condensed into the planets; however, this theory has been replaced by the nebular theory. 3. Interstellar cloud theory: The Sun passed through a cloud of interstellar gas and dust from which the planets formed. In 1944, the Soviet astronomer Otto Schmidt proposed that the Sun, in its present form, passed through a dense interstellar cloud, emerging enveloped in a cloud of dust and gas, from which the planets eventually formed. This solved the angular momentum problem by assuming that the Sun's slow rotation was peculiar to it, and that the planets did not form at the same time as the Sun. However, this hypothesis was severely dented by Victor Safronov who showed that the amount of time required to form the planets from such a diffuse envelope would far exceed the Solar System's determined age. 4. Protoplanet theory: The Sun and planets individually coalesced from matter within the same cloud. In 1960, W. H. McCrea proposed the protoplanet theory, in which the Sun and planets individually coalesced from matter within the same cloud, with the smaller planets later captured by the Sun's larger gravity. This theory has a number of issues, such as explaining the fact that the planets all orbit the Sun in the same direction, which would appear highly unlikely if they were each individually captured. 5. Capture theory: The Solar System formed from tidal interactions between the Sun and a low density protostar. The capture theory, proposed by M. M. Woolfson in 1964, posits that the Solar System formed from tidal interactions between the Sun and a low-density protostar. The Sun's gravity would have drawn material from the diffuse atmosphere of the protostar, which would then have collapsed to form the planets. However, the capture theory predicts a different age for the Sun than for the planets, whereas the similar ages of the Sun and the rest of the Solar System indicate that they formed at roughly the same time. 6. God theory: A god or Mythical being, created the Solar System.