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Is the Milkyway a Solar system or a galaxy? What are Andromeda and the local group?

December 30, 2011
By stillaig

Question by Lord Jelly: Is the Milkyway a Solar system or a galaxy? What are Andromeda and the local group? Exactly what is the differance between a solar system and a galaxy? Isn’t a galaxy a collection of stars? If so is it known how many galaxies there are? Are they countable? Best answer:...
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How did the sun wind up in the middle of the solar system?

December 26, 2011
By stillaig

Question by SpaceMan: How did the sun wind up in the middle of the solar system? How did the sun wind up in the middle of the solar system? Did the materials, gas and dust that eventually formed the planets come from the sun? Best answer: Answer by AstroTo answer this GOOD question Since...
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What was the ancient Greek observation of the movement of the Solar System?

December 12, 2011
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Question by Little Jimmy (a.k.a. The Truth): What was the ancient Greek observation of the movement of the Solar System? I know that they believed in a geocentric universe, but is that the only misconception they had about the Solar System/universe? Best answer: Answer by zeimusuThere wasn’t a single theory. Aristarchus of Samos proposed...
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What Are The Minor Bodies Of The Solar System?

December 2, 2011
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Question by Channelle R: What Are The Minor Bodies Of The Solar System? What are the minor bodies of the solar system and what do astronomers hope to learn from these bodies? Best answer: Answer by Chandramohan P.RAsteroids, comets, dwarf planets all are minor bodies.They are mostly left over from planetary formation and will...
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What are the 11 dimentions in the solar system?

November 30, 2011
By stillaig

Question by kollydogg: What are the 11 dimentions in the solar system? Why are there more than 3 dimentions in the solar system? I can understand 2 and 3 dimentional but what is 4 looks like never mind 11? This was on the stephen hawking show last night. Best answer: Answer by PaulIt’s not...
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How do astronomers measure distances in the solar system?

November 21, 2011
By stillaig

Question by jan: How do astronomers measure distances in the solar system? How do astronomers measure distances in the solar system? Best answer: Answer by Elizabeth HDistance Information Distances in the solar system are commonly measured in Astronomical Units (AU). An AU is simply the average distance between the Earth and the Sun. Because...
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How many planets are now in the solar system and what are thier names?

October 26, 2011
By stillaig

Question by caity72: How many planets are now in the solar system and what are thier names? Yeah yeah, we’ve all heard scince 3rd grade that the 9 planets in our solar system are mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, neptune, uranus, and pluto. But now they’ve removed pluto, and added planets in between...
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What is the size relation between our solar system and the Milky Way?

October 14, 2011
By stillaig

Question by Maretocks: What is the size relation between our solar system and the Milky Way? Hi, if Our solar system’s size = a, then what is the Milky Way’s size in terms of a? Thanks in advance, Maretocks! Just tell me, The milky way = #a, lol. Btw, our solar system is Sol,...
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What are two similar things you can compare in our solar system?

October 12, 2011
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Question by Brownie12866: What are two similar things you can compare in our solar system? I have to teach a lesson comparing two similar things on the topic i have chosen about the solar system. I wanted to do a lesson on constellations but don’t know what I would compare to a constellation. One...
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Is there any spacecraft on the way to leave our solar system?

October 5, 2011
By stillaig

Question by Ha M: Is there any spacecraft on the way to leave our solar system? In other words, can you give me the name, and date of launch, or plans of a spacecraft that will leave our solar system. Please give me a URL, too. Best answer: Answer by B.Voyager 1 and 2....
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What questions would you ask an alien if they had to relocate to our solar system?

October 1, 2011
By stillaig

Question by ♥ashley♥: What questions would you ask an alien if they had to relocate to our solar system? if aliens had to relocate to our solar system because their sun was dying and they needed somewhere to live, what questions would you ask them? Pleeze & Thanx, if possibly could the questions contain...
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How did the universe got to the size of the solar system in the first second if nothing is faster than light?

September 1, 2011
By stillaig

Question by Diogo Parrinha: How did the universe got to the size of the solar system in the first second if nothing is faster than light? Hello, If nothing can travel faster than light, how did the universe expand to the size of our solar system in the 1st second of existence? Thank you....
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