The Solar System

Comets and asteroids are examples of objects that are probably not located in the same region of the solar system in which they originally formed. They are believed to have been influenced by gravitational interactions with planets or other celestial bodies, causing them to migrate to different regions of the solar system.

Jupiter.

Jupiter has the most moons out of any planet in the solar system, so it is most likely that at least one of them contains life, although none has been found yet.

(If you were wondering how many moons Jupiter has, it is 63)

I recently read an eye opening article on solar climate change. I never really thought about climate change from a solar system point of view. After reading the article, it does seem apparent that other planets in our solar system are going through a rapid climate change along with earth. It makes me think now that humans may not be the problem as the issue is not just related to earth.

The Sun is at the Center of our Solar system. and yes, the sun is a star

A device that can project an image of the sun into a dark underground room is called a solar tube or solar light pipe. These devices use a series of reflective tubes or panels to capture sunlight from outdoors and channel it into the underground space to provide natural light.

It depends on if you count Pluto and the sun as a planet if you do then it is 10 planets if not then it is 8 planets.

The planets are call Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune and Pluto. Going in that order from the Sun.

Venus has an atmosphere nearly 100 times as thick as Earth's made almost exclusively of carbon dioxide, leading to a very powerful greenhouse effect. Mercury has no such atmosphere, and therefore radiates it's heat away much more quickly.

Clouds are formed from the condensation of water vapor.

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It is a gas giant and has a diameter of about 86,881 miles (139,822 kilometers), which is more than 11 times that of Earth.

The hottest location in the solar system is the Sun. The closest planet is Mercury, a small cratered planet with practically no atmosphere and an extreme temperature range between its sunlit and night sides.

Yes - If we define a 'solar system' as a star ('sun') with its associated planets and other objects in orbit around it. The Milky Way (our galaxy) consists of thousands of millions of stars - of all sizes, temperatures, colours etc. For some years now astronomers have been observing some of these stars, and by various techniques (using delicate and sensitive measurements) they have now discovered hundreds of planets orbiting many of the these stars. Most of these were like Jupiter - large gas giants - but this type of planet would be much more likely to be discovered because of its size and mass. However, more recently smaller planets - more earth like - have been discovered too. So, many solar systems have been discovered in the Milky Way. If we reaise that, like our own galaxy, the Milky Way, there are thousands of millions of whole galazies out there each with thousands of millions of stars - so the possibilities of them having their own systems is very very high. Astronomers now believe that solar systems are the norm rather than a rarity.

Tycho Brahe believed that the Earth was the center of the universe and that the Sun and other planets revolved around it. He proposed a hybrid model of the solar system that retained some elements of the geocentric system but also incorporated aspects of the heliocentric model.

Astronomers study the radioactive decay of elements within meteorites that come from asteroids. By analyzing the ratios of isotopes within these meteorites, scientists can measure the time since the Solar System formed, providing an estimate of its age. This approach helps to establish a timeline of the early events in our Solar System's history.

No human from Earth has ever set foot on a planet other than Earth (and its Moon). Pluto has not even been explored except by telescope. The unmanned NASA probe "New Horizons" is on its 9-year trip to Pluto and will give us the first close-up views in 2015.

A year is defined as the time it takes an object to revolve around the Sun once. Venus revolves around the Sun, so yes it does have a year [See related question]

No, the asteroid belt is located within our solar system. It is a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where many small rocky bodies, known as asteroids, orbit the Sun.

The axis plane of the solar system is tilted by about 60 degrees relative to the average plane of the Milky Way galaxy. This means that the solar system is not perfectly aligned with the flat disk of the galaxy but is slightly inclined.

No one. It is impossible as it is made of gas. And the temperature! JEEZ!

There are nine, excluding Pluto which has been demoted to a dwarf planet.

yes it is a model of the solar system that shows the sun and all the other planets orbiting around earth

actually u have misunderstood the question i was asking 'who introduced the geocentric model of the solar system?'

Probably the main problem is the size of things.

It's hard to show the correct relative sizes of the planets and the Sun, because the Sun is so big.

Also, if you show the correct space between planets you need a LOT of empty space in your illustration and a very big piece of paper.

It really depends whether there is life in other environments. So far, no life has been found, but if life were to be found, the question would become relevant. So far, no life has been found on other planets, moons, etc.

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NASA and CalTech/JPL go to great lengths to completely sterilize any space probes launched to worlds or moons that might possibly support life. The Moon is safe, but the Mars probes were entirely sterile, as were the Huygens lander from the Cassini probe.

Possibly the most likely spot to find life would be Jupiter's moon Europa.

Earth is the only planet known to support life as we know it. It has abundant liquid water, a diverse range of ecosystems, a breathable atmosphere, and moderate temperatures that allow for the existence of a wide variety of species. Additionally, Earth has a unique protective magnetic field that shields it from harmful solar radiation.

The Sun (and all the planets) started their lives in a giant cloud of cold molecular gas and dust. And then about 4.6 billion years ago, something bumped into the cloud, like the gravity from a passing star, or shockwaves from a supernova, causing the cloud to collapse. With the collapse, the mutual gravity from the particles in the cloud pulled together, and formed pockets of denser material in the cloud. These were star forming regions, and one of them was to become the Solar System.