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How many planets where a long time ago?
The planets in our solar system formed our of the solar nebular/disk from which the Sun was made (as the Sun formed), some 4,600 million years ago. Therefore there have always been roughly the same number of planets as we have now. However, our solar system could have lost one or more of the original planets that were formed as the planets settled into their current positions. As part of the settling process, orbital resonances can cause planets to interact with each other gravitationally and planets can be ejected from the forming solar system. If this did happen, then we do not how may planets there were originally.
How many rocky planets are in our solar system?
There are 5 rocky planets in our solar system if you count Pluto. If not, there are 4 rocky planets in the solar system.
How did planets and other objects in the solar system form?
Planets and other objects in the solar system formed from a rotating disk of gas and dust known as the solar nebula. Gravity caused the particles in the nebula to collide and stick together, gradually forming larger and larger bodies. Eventually, these bodies accreted into planets, moons, asteroids, and other objects in the solar system.
How can you classify the planets in your solar system?
One way to categorize the solar system's planets?
Are the planets after Pluto in a different solar system?
No, the planets after Pluto are still within our solar system. After Pluto, there is Eris, Haumea, Makemake, and several other dwarf planets and minor planets that are part of our solar system. Beyond these, there is the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud which are also part of our solar system.
What are solar system?
they are a star and leftover planets that formed.
What evidence has been used to show that the Earth and all the planets of the solar system were formed simultaneously?
when told that let a solar system be formed it was formed
What shape is the solar system?
The solar system is roughly a flat, disk-like shape, with most planets orbiting the Sun in relatively the same plane. This configuration is due to the way the solar system formed from a rotating cloud of gas and dust, which flattened out into a disk as the planets formed.
What are the theories of the origins of solar system?
Here is a very basic answer... Our solar system was what happened when remnants of a star (that exploded) were pulled together by gravity. First formed planets, then formed the Sun. This is how almost every other solar system is formed...
Were any other planets formed in the solar system other than the present eight planets?
Actually, there are 18 known planets in our solar system, as well as two known protoplanets. For a complete list of objects in the solar system, see the related links.
What is a piece of rock that is similar to the material that formed the planets?
Asteroids are pieces of rock that are similar in composition to the material that formed the planets in our solar system. They are remnants from the early stages of solar system formation and can provide clues about the processes that led to the formation of planets.
Why are all planets in a solar system?
Not all planets are associated with a star. While most planets are in a solar system as they are the leftover material from star formation. there are some free roaming planets in space not associated with a solar system. They may have been formed as part of a planetary system but have escaped due to gravitational interactions or collisions with other planets in the system.
Are the moons as old as the planets that they circle?
In most cases, the moons are about as old as the planets they orbit, perhaps slightly younger. Most objects in the solar system formed when the solar system did.
How did planets get to the Milky Way?
The planets were formed in the Milky Way. Our Galaxy (Milky Way) is older than the planets of our solar system.
When were planets formed and how?
The planets of our solar system were formed at different times, the earth is known to have formed as a planet about 4.6 billion years ago but other planets in the solar system may have formed earlier or later as they were quite conceivably not formed in the same manner as the earth
What came first the planets formed or the earth?
at present the theory is that all of the planets that make up the solar system were formed at the same time when the Solar System condensed out of a cloud of gas about 4.5-4.7 billion years ago.
Which explains the outer gas planets when the solar system formed?
B. The young sun's solar winds pushed gases outward to the outer solar system.
