What are the names of spacecraft of solar system?

Answer 1

Depending on you interpretation of Solar System [See related question] only four craft are/will beyond our Solar System

• Pioneer 10
• Pioneer 11
• Voyager 1
• Voyager 2

See related link for a pictorial of their positions.

Answer 2

Our Solar System is called "The Solar System"

Our Solar System is part of the "Milky Way Galaxy".

The Milky Way Galaxy is part of the "Local Group".

Our Local group is part of the "Virgo Super Cluster."

Answer 3

To the extent that "other solar systems" are referred to at all, they are referred to by the name of the central star. So if planets were discovered to be orbiting around the star Tau Ceti, it would be called the "Tau Ceti system".

Answer 4

There is only one star in our solar system. It has the formal name "Sol", but most people

commonly refer to it as "the sun".

The next nearest star is outside the solar system, roughly 278,000 times as far from earth

as the sun is.

Answer 5

The nearest Galaxy to the solar system is our very own Milky Way Galaxy.

The nearest Galaxy outside the Milky Way is Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy. It is approximately 42,000 ly from the galactic core and 25,000 ly from Earth in the direction Canis Major constellation. It is a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way. (It is actually closer to Earth than the Galactic Core of the Milky Way.)

The nearest Galaxy that is not a satellite of the milky way is the MGC1 star cluster. It is thought to be an isolated star cluster about 2 million light years away in the direction of Gemini.

The nearest Galaxy that is comparable in size to our own galaxy is M31 or the Andromeda Galaxy. It is approx. 2.56 million light years away in the direction of the Andromeda constellation.

Answer 6

There are 2 names associated with most spacecraft. The program name (which is a series of several spacecraft over several years) and the name of the spacecraft itself. Sometimes the spacecraft is simply the program with a number after it. Russian programs such as Vostock and Soyuz used this method.

The U.S. named their first programs after Greek gods; Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. There were seven Mercurys, several Geminis, and 15 Apollos. Individual spacecraft within those programs were named with more fun names.

For example, Apollo 11 consisted of 3 spacecraft, the lunar module (which landed on the moon's surface) service module and the command module (which remained in lunar orbit to return the astronauts home). The lunar module was known as LM-5 as it was being built but was given the patriotic name "Eagle" by the astronauts. The service module was known as SM-107 and the command module CM-107 during construction. Astronauts named the command module Columbia. Apollo 10 Astronauts named their lunar and command modules Charlie Brown and Snoopy.

There have been five space shuttles; Columbia, Discovery, Challenger, Endeavour, and Atlantis. Discovery and Challenger were destroyed in flight, and the others have been retired and will be displayed at museums in Virginia, California, and Florida.

Answer 7

Alpha Centauri C or Proxima Centauri.

Alpha Centauri is a triple star system, of which "C" is the closest star to Earth not including the Sun. It is located about 4.243 light years from us.

Answer 8

The nearest STAR to our Sun is the red dwarf Proxima Centauri, at a distance of 4.2 light years. Proxima Centauri is so dim that even though it is the nearest star to our Sun, it cannot be seen without a telescope. We do not know if Proxima has any planets or "solar system" around it, but it seems unlikely.

The nearest star SYSTEM to ours is probably Alpha Centauri A & B, two stars that orbit their common center of mass. They are at 4.5 light years away. It is likely that Proxima may be a distant member of the Alpha Centauri system, but that can't be positively determined.

Answer 9

Earth's solar system does not have an official name; it is known simply as "the solar system". Some Science Fiction writers refer to it as "the Sol system" to tell it apart from other solar systems.

Answer 10

Proxima Centauri is the closest star to our Sun. Proxima is probably gravitationally linked to Alpha Centauri, but the distance between them - about a quarter of a light year - means that if Proxima is part of the Alpha Centauri system (which is a double star itself) the linkage is pretty tenuous.