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What star system was Earth near 50000 years ago?
The same as it is now: the Solar System, in the Milky Way Galaxy.
Are there stars bigger than your whole solar system?
The largest star that we know of a is a red hypergiant, named VY Canis Majoris. The size of this star extends to what would be the orbit of Saturn, this is about 1,433,449,370 kilometers. The possiblity of a star being larger then our entire solar system doesn't seem probable, but we have no way of observing every star in the universe to tell. There must be a star somwhere that is large enough to envelope our solar system, but as of now we don't know of any.
Where is Neptune located in your solar system?
It is the last planet from the sun, a gas giant that is freezing now classed officially a dwarf star.
Is Neptune a star?
No, Neptune is not a star. It is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in our solar system. It is a gas giant like Jupiter and Saturn, not a star which generates its own light through nuclear fusion.
Is Mercury the smallest in the solar system?
Yes, as now the Pluto is excluded from the solar system, it is the smallest and the fastest planet in the solar system.
What was the nearest star to the solar system fifty million years ago and how close was it?
Proxima Centauri, which is currently the closest star to the Sun, was also the nearest star to the solar system 50 million years ago. It was located approximately 4.24 light-years away from the Sun then, just as it is now.
Is Pluto is out from solar system names?
Yes, it is. At 2006, the scientists decided that it was not a planet of solar system. Now, there are just eight planets in the solar system.
What part of your solar system is Pluto considered a part of?
The old name of our star, which we sometimes call the "Sun" is "Sol". Sol has a number of planets, planetesimals, and rocks orbiting it. This is therefore called the "Sol"-ar system, or simply, the Solar System. Pluto is now classified as a "dwarf planet". Pluto may be a part of the Kuyper Belt at the far edge of our Solar System.
What is the solar system called when it is revolving around the Earth?
The Geocentric solar system; now defunct as a viable option.
How many stars are there in the solar system?
Ah, it looks like there might be a little mix-up there, friend. Our solar system has just one star, and that's our beautiful, warm friend, the sun. Isn't that just a cheerful thought, knowing that our sun shines for us each day? Happy little rays of sunshine make everything brighter!
Haw many known planets are there?
9. Actually, there are 8 planets in our solar system. Pluto is no longer considered a planet. However, we have now found approx. 400 extra-solar planets, or planets in other star systems.
Can astronauts travel to distant planets in the solar system?
They could, but as of now, no astronauts have travelled to any other planets in the solar system.
