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Does a solar nebula spin?
Almost certainly. As the dust and gas fall into the nebula under its gravity, each atom will impart SOME sort of sideways momentum, and the total of all that is almost certainly not zero; there will be some angular momentum.
The fact that the primeval nebula was rotating slightly caused?
the material to flatten into a disk shape due to centrifugal forces. This conservation of angular momentum led to the formation of the solar system as we know it, with the Sun in the center and the planets orbiting in a plane.
Why do planets rotate around the sun in the same direction?
They don't rotate in the same direction. But most of the rotation comes about from the conservation of angular momentum. Angular momentum is given by L=m*w*r2 where m is the mass, w is the angular velocity in radians per second, and r is the radius of the circular motion. Due to conservation of angular momentum, if the radius of the orbit decreases, then its angular velocity must increase (as the mass is constant). Hope I answered your question... You can find more on this website(I copied and pasted the info above): http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=416
What are the patterns in the solar system?
Giant funnel Spiders
In light of modern solar system theory why do the orbits of the planets all lie in nearly the same plane?
The orbits of the planets lie in nearly the same plane because they formed from a rotating disk of gas and dust around the young Sun, known as the solar nebula. As gravity caused material in the disk to clump together, it formed into the planets we see today, all orbiting in a flat plane due to the conservation of angular momentum.
What would be the implications for the formation of the solar system if the solar nebula lacked any angular momentum initially?
If the solar nebula had no angular momentum initially, it would not have been able to form a spinning disk, which is necessary for the formation of a solar system. This spinning motion is what causes the material in the nebula to flatten into a disk shape, leading to the formation of planets and other celestial bodies. Without angular momentum, the material in the nebula would not have been able to come together to form a solar system as we know it.
Why does the earth rotates east to west not west to east?
because the majority of the solar system rotates the same way. conservation of angular momentum.
What makes the earth to rotate around the orbit?
The Earth condensed out of a rotating Solar Nebula, inheriting its angular momentum for the condensing cloud. The conservation of angular momentum allows the Earth to maintain its orbit.
Does a solar nebula spin?
Almost certainly. As the dust and gas fall into the nebula under its gravity, each atom will impart SOME sort of sideways momentum, and the total of all that is almost certainly not zero; there will be some angular momentum.
The fact that the primeval nebula was rotating slightly caused?
the material to flatten into a disk shape due to centrifugal forces. This conservation of angular momentum led to the formation of the solar system as we know it, with the Sun in the center and the planets orbiting in a plane.
What idea is supported by the fact that the sun and planets rotate in the same direction on the same plane?
It's a demonstration of their angular momentum vectors being aligned in almost the same direction. Laplace added up all the vectors for the planets (the angular momentum vector is directed along the axis of rotation) and defined an invariable plane for the solar system, which is a plane that stays the same all the time. Total angular momentum is conserved so this plane will never change, even though momentum might be exchanged between the planets as their orbits change slightly.
What is the reason why comets fell down?
"Down" is the direction of the greatest mass, which, in the Solar System, is the Sun. The reason ALL comets haven't fallen into the Sun is that there also have angular momentum, which results in them falling AROUND the Sun.
Why do planets rotate around the sun in the same direction?
They don't rotate in the same direction. But most of the rotation comes about from the conservation of angular momentum. Angular momentum is given by L=m*w*r2 where m is the mass, w is the angular velocity in radians per second, and r is the radius of the circular motion. Due to conservation of angular momentum, if the radius of the orbit decreases, then its angular velocity must increase (as the mass is constant). Hope I answered your question... You can find more on this website(I copied and pasted the info above): http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=416
What keeps the planets and other solar system objects in orbit around the sun?
The force of gravity is what keeps planets and other objects in orbit around the sun, along with the angular momentum of the planets and objects. Without gravity, they would just fly away into space, and without angular momentum, they would just fall into the sun. But both of those together produce orbital motion.
What are the patterns in the solar system?
Giant funnel Spiders
Why do planets of the solar system revolve around the sun?
The solar system condensed out of a cloud of interstellar gas, some four and a half billion years ago. The gas was rotating, and that angular momentum became the various forms of revolution and rotation found in the planets and the sun. Ultimately, if our current understanding of cosmology is correct, the rotation of the original gas cloud can be traced back to the Big Bang. It derives from the original expansion of the universe.
Why do the the earth and moon rotate counterclockwise?
The counterclockwise rotation of Earth and the Moon is believed to have originated from the way the solar system formed. As the gas and dust cloud that eventually formed the solar system collapsed, it started spinning due to gravitational forces. The conservation of angular momentum resulted in counterclockwise rotations of the objects in the system, including Earth and the Moon.
