Did our solar system form very quickly after a supernova?

[repoman]

Also, is there a way to find out what kind of supernova (or possibly a binary neutron star merger) occurred given what the elemental abundances of the solar system are?

 

[rjh01]

Define quickly. I understand it was after a supernova. The gas after a supernova starts dispersing, though this process could take many thousands of years.

 

[repoman]

thousands is quick in that sense.

 

[sdelsolray]

Also, is there a way to find out what kind of supernova (or possibly a binary neutron star merger) occurred given what the elemental abundances of the solar system are?

Certainly, matter in our solar system includes elements which only formed in prior supernova, hypernova and/or neutron star binary explosions. Perhaps the ratio of elements might provide some insight towards the quantity of which occurred in our neighborhood, etc. Hard to count the number of gold atoms in the center of Mars though.

 

[fromderinside]

Seems to me the problem with this OP is locality. Where was the supernova relative to our solar system? If it was far away formation couldn't be considered quick. Perhaps a local gravity well was set up by other events drawing material from several supernovae up to, say, forty light years away.

 

[repoman]

Our solar system didn't even exist when the supernova exploded.

 

[fromderinside]

Duh.