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What gave planets in the solar system their initial speeds?

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When the cloud of gas which formed the solar system fell inwards to form the solar system, it had net angular momentum. ... The cloud that formed the solar system had angular momentum which was deposited into the velocities of planets and other bodies in orbits around the Sun (as well as the Sun's rotation).