| Author |
Message
|
| sandeep anand |
 Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:13 am Post subject: Neighbour of earth |
 |
|
New Member
Joined: 26 Jul 2010
Posts: 2
|
If our solar system is arranged on a plane in a straight line in which sun is at one end and pluto is at the other i.e if sun is on the west end and pluto on the eastern end. Then what is there on the northern and sothern end of the solar system. Also if venus is there on the west and mars is on the right of the earth respectively. then what is there on the top and bottom of the earth??
Plz answer my qusestion!!!!!!!!! |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
| marnixR |
| Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:20 am Post subject: |
|
|
Moderator
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Posts: 4582
Location: Cardiff, Wales
|
i'm afraid i don't follow your meaning
would you care to explain ?
_________________
how about visiting a foreign country, like Philosophorum ? plenty of møøse there ...
biology without evolution is but stamp collecting, and less interesting than drinking a beer  (although that's still moderately interesting) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| Thorium |
| Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:20 am Post subject: |
|
|
Forum Freshman
Joined: 21 Jun 2010
Posts: 22
Location: Estonia
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| skeptic |
| Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 2:04 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Forum Professor
Joined: 05 Nov 2008
Posts: 1172
|
Answer.
A few comets orbit the sun outside the plane that includes the planets. Other than comets, just a little debris of no special significance, and nothing beyond that till you get to the Oort Cloud. We are not really aware of what is in the Oort Cloud, since it is so far away, and what is there is generally too small to reflect much light.
Past the Oort Cloud, there are other star systems. The nearest is Alpha Centauri, at 4.3 light years away.
The thing is that the vast bulk of material orbiting the sun is in the same plane. This plane carries the planets, the asteroid belt, and most of the assorted bits and pieces in solar orbit. Relatively little material orbits the sun outside the plane in which the planets orbit. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
