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What is solar system debris?

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Depends who you ask. There's an astronomers' joke that since Jupiter is more massive than all the other planets put together, an alien scout would probably report on our solar system as "A single star, one planet, and some debris." If one allows Mercury-sized objects into the Planet Club, then the analysis is that the asteroids and the Kuiper Belt Objects and the Oort Cloud planetisimals are the debris.

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Was Extra debris was swept out away from our solar system by the sun's radiation and solar wind towards the end of the formation of our solar system?

Extra debris was swept out away from our solar system by the sun's radiation and solar wind towards the end of the formation of our solar system.


What is a sand-to boulder-sized particle of debris in the solar system called?

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Why is the sun in the center of the solar system?

Because the Solar System is defined as the collection of planets, planetary satellites, comets, asteroids and other debris, centered on the sun.Wherever the sun goes, that's the center of the solar system, because that's the definition of the solar system.


Which of these is the disc-shaped region in the solar system that contains icy debris?

Kuiper belt


What is the disc shaped icy region in the solar system that contains icy debris?

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What are solid bits of debris that travel through the solar system?

Meteoroids, asteroids and comets.


Which of these is the disc-shaped region in the solar system that contains icy debris?

Kuiper belt


Is the sun considered part of the earth system?

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solar system


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Meteorite