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A group of stars (and, by implication, any planets they may have) "travelling together" is called a moving group or association. One locally prominent moving group is the Ursa Major moving group, which includes most of the stars in the Big Dipper (as well as several other stars in Ursa Major and other constellations). The two "ends" of the dipper are not part of the group, but all the ones in the middle are moving in the same direction (towards Sagittarius) and at roughly the same speed. This makes the Big Dipper one of the few asterisms where most of the stars actually are "related" to each other in some way.
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What does a group of many stars dust and gas held together by gravity form?
A galaxy
What are star planets called?
That doesn't make sense. There are stars, and there are planets. If you mean "planets around stars, other than the Sun", those are usually called "extrasolar planets" or "exoplanets".
What are the similarities between exoplanets and the planets in your solar system?
In both systems, the Moon goes around the Earth.
Were stars formed before the planets?
Yes. Planets orbit around the stars, so the stars must have preceded the planets. Additionally, our concept of the "big bang" implies that the early universe was composed of 98% or more hydrogen, a percent and a bit as helium, and "everything else" as about 1%. All of the heavier solid elements were created in supernova explosions in the cores of massive stars.
What are the different parts of the solar system?
A star, planets, satellites of the planets, asteroids, meteors, comets, dust particles and also vacuum.
How do dying stars form planets?
They don't - new born stars and planets are formed together.
What group of people charted the stars and planets and made great advances in science and medicine?
The Muslim Empire group charted the stars and planets.
Do the stars orbit the planets or do planets orbit stars?
Moons orbit planets. Planets orbit stars. Some stars orbit other stars, or orbit their mutual center of gravity. Stars orbit the center of the galaxy. Galaxies may orbit the center of the "galactic group".
Is galaxy an abstract noun?
No, the noun 'galaxy' is a concrete noun, a word for a system of stars, planets, dust, and gas held together by gravitational force, a word for a physical thing; an informal word for a group of celebrities or stars, a word for a group of people.
What is a group of stars and the planets and other objects orbiting around it?
Solar system
Do stars orbit planets or planets orbit stars?
Planets orbit stars.
What name is given the huge group of stars that are close together?
Globular ClusterA huge group of stars that are close together is a star cluster. With many more stars it is a galaxy.
How does gravity affect the stars moon an planets?
Gravity keeps the planets in orbit around the sun and the stars and the stars in orbit around the center of the galaxy. Gravity also holds the stars together against their own internal pressure.
In our Solar System, there are .....planets.?
The part of the Moon which receives......can be seen from the Earth.
What is gravity's job in the universe?
Gravity basically makes things come together, and keep together. For example, due to gravity: * Galaxies form and keep together * Stars form and keep together * Stars get hot enough for nuclear fusion to start * Planets form and keep together * Planets keep around their stars, instead of wandering off into space
What is hotter planets or stars?
stars, the planets have to get heat from stars
A very large group of stars and planets that includes the sun and its solar system?
universe
