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Such a definition of “naturally occurring” is useless, and thus pointless to entertain.

Besides, it doesn’t “all” originate from Earth. If you want to be really uselessly pedantic, nothing on Earth originated on Earth.



What percentage came from the sun and what percentage came from without the sun?


The sun and all the planets and other bodies in the solar system all formed from the same cloud of material. Very little of the matter on Earth is from the sun, and very little of the matter in the sun is from the sun, even.


Very little comes from the sun.




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