Solar System
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| Known planets | Mercury |
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| Venus | |
| Mars | |
| Jupiter | |
| Saturn | |
| Uranus | |
| Neptune | |
| Stars | Sun |
| Nearest star | Proxima Centauri |
| Alpha Centauri | |
| Distance to Galactic Center | 27,000 ± 1,000 ly |
| Distance to Kuiper cliff | 50 AU |
| Did you know | There are eight major planets and over 100 moons in the solar system. |
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| ID | 596637 |
About Solar System
The Solar System is the gravitationally bound planetary system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly. Of the objects that orbit the Sun directly, the largest are the eight planets, with the remainder being smaller objects, such as the five dwarf planets and small Solar System bodies.
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The best space images of 2019
With some of the blockbuster space missions, in the year 2019, some amazing images were beamed back to earth to the Solar System . Meanwhile, some of the most powerful telescopes trained on The Universe 's most fascinating destinations. Here are a few of The Best .
sent Up in the cloudsthe Nasa space probe, Juno, back stunning pictures of Jupiter's clouds, because. This amazing, color-enhanced view shows patterns that look like paper-marbling were created. The Image was taken on 29. May.
At the time, Juno was a close passage to the fifth world from The Sun , the rapprochement between 18.600 km (11,600 km) and 8,600 km (5,400 miles) of the swirling cloud tops.
The above image shows the swirling clouds that surround a circular feature within a jet-stream region on Jupiter.
the snow manAccording to his Nasa ' s New Horizons space probe was sent after another target in the distant Kuiper belt, beyond the orbit of Neptune. This belt is populated by thousands of primitive, icy objects, the insights into the beginnings of our Solar System .
the scientists settled on a object called MU, 69, was only discovered in 2014. MU 69 (later Ultima Thule , and now Arrokoth) called proved to be a 39km long "contact binary" consisting of two different icy balls, collided at low speed. The reddish colour is caused by organic compounds called tholins on The Surface .
Stellar fireworksEta Carinae is a star system located about 7,500 light-years away. It consists of at least two stars, which, combined, rays about five million times more energy than our sun. One of The Stars of the release. For decades, astronomers have wondered whether it is on the verge of destruction, and break out in a huge supernova. This latest image of the stellar fireworks was released this year, and was of the Wide Field Camera 3 of the Hubble space telescope.
mars-selfieNasa's curiosity rover Gale crater explored on Mars since 2012. The robot took a mountain is the Central peak of the impact of the depression.
Two samples of rock drilled, the showed of this Website is exceptionally high amounts of clay minerals. Clay often forms in The Presence of water, which is an important component For Life . Previous evidence had shown that the water is once pooled in the Gale crater.
Far side of the Moon3. January of this year, China's Chang'e-4 probe was the. A few days after the touchdown, the cameras on the robotic rover and its lander
The spacecraft, the cameras, a radar probe below The Surface of the moon, a spectrometer for identifying minerals, and a live experiment contributed to the biosphere to grow plants in a mini. In may, Chinese scientists reported that Chang'e-4 was confirmed, where The Mission landed.
< p > galactic rivalsThis image, taken by the Hubble telescope shows, is located 130 million light-years away. NGC 772 has a lot in common with Our Own Milky Way . For example, both the Milky Way and NGC 772 small satellite galaxies that orbit closely to their parent galaxies.
However, the two also differ in a few important ways. For example, NGC 772 is a Central feature missing, a bar, built in gas and stars and is thought to help funnel material through The Core of a Galaxy , maybe a fueling of star formation.
We set sailLightSail is a project developed by the non-profit organization The Planetary society. Its purpose is. Solar sails are a long-discussed possibility for the propulsion of space vehicles. The sails of the fact that The Sun exerts light pressure to a mirrored surface to take advantage. This can be used, in theory, the to drive in a manner which is blown like a sail by The Wind .
Lightsail 2 started on 25. June, 2019. This picture shows The Sail after its deployment on 23. July.
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