Posts Tagged ‘ Solar ’

SPACE.com – The sun is a violent place, one that seethes with solar flares that blast radiation, heat and charged particles out into space. Yahoo! News: Space/Astronomy
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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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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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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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Solar Eclipse over Antarctica APOD
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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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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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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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Question by JM: What are the chances of extraterrestrial life outside our solar system? What percentage of chance maybe. I already know they exist because I’ve seen a UFO myself, but maybe a percentage for skeptics that don’t believe. Best answer: Answer by JeresecThe drake equation attempts to quantify whether other life exists (not...
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Question by kidvlogger317: Is Saturn the youngest planet in our solar system? It is the only planet in our Solar System that still has rings, it is still forming. All the other planets don’t have rings because they are finished forming, but why is Saturn still forming? It would have had to be the...
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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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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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