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The sun has burned for approximately 4.6 billion years, and is expected to do so for about 5 billion more.
When it finally flares up into a red giant and then burns out, our solar system will be radically different: every planet will be freezing cold, and the planets Mercury and Venus (and probably Earth) will have been swallowed up and completely destroyed. The sun itself will have become a slowly-cooling white dwarf, with about half as much mass as it has now, compressed into an ultra-dense body about the size of Earth.
But after moving outward due to the weaker gravity of the less-massive sun, the rest of the solar system will likely settle down and endure as such until the end of time, or until another star happens to come close enough to capture some of the planets or otherwise change and destabilize their orbits.
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What does the sun do for your solar system?
Our sun is not in a binary solar system. A binary system has two sun at it center. One could speculate the effect if Jupiter had developed into a sun, turning our system into a binary. The Earth would no longer be suitable for life.
What is sun in the solar system?
the sun is our sun in our solar system
Why is most of the mass of the solar system contained in the sun?
Most of the mass of the solar system is contained in the sun because the sun is at the center of the solar system. The sun makes 99 percent of the mass in the solar system.
Why is the Solar System called the Solar System?
The Latin word for "Sun" is "Sol", so the word "solar" means "concerning the Sun". So, the system of planets around the Sun is the "solar system". Solar=Sun is the rounded up answer.
Sun and stars are called what in the solar system?
Stars (apart from our Sun) are not a part of our Solar System.Stars (apart from our Sun) are not a part of our Solar System.Stars (apart from our Sun) are not a part of our Solar System.Stars (apart from our Sun) are not a part of our Solar System.
What does the sun do for your solar system?
Our sun is not in a binary solar system. A binary system has two sun at it center. One could speculate the effect if Jupiter had developed into a sun, turning our system into a binary. The Earth would no longer be suitable for life.
Why is the system of the sun and planet called the solar system?
Solar means sun and the sun is the star at the center of our "system" ,thus solar system (sun system).
Why is the system of sun and planet called the solar system?
Solar means sun and the sun is the star at the center of our "system" ,thus solar system (sun system).
What is sun in the solar system?
the sun is our sun in our solar system
What is the sun center of?
There is no such thing as a sun of the center.
Which component of the solar system is most vital to life on earth?
the sun
What place does the sun have in the solar system?
The sun is at the center of the solar system.
How far is your solar system from the sun?
Our solar system includes our sun in it.
Does the sun have another solar system?
no it does not, we are the sun's only solar system
Why do they call your system a solar system?
Its called a solar system because its a system around the sun and the sun is a solar thingamacbob
Where is a stars position in the solar system?
The only star in our solar system is the sun. The sun is in the center of the solar system.
Which is the largest star in the solar system?
the sun is. It is also the ONLY star in THIS solar system.
