SOLAR SYSTEM
The Solar System is made up of all the planets that orbit our
Sun. In addition to planets, the Solar System also consists of moons, comets,
asteroids, minor planets, and dust and gas.
Everything in the Solar System orbits or revolves around the Sun. The
Sun contains around 98% of all the material in the Solar System. The larger an
object is, the more gravity it has. Because the Sun is so large, its powerful
gravity attracts all the other objects in the Solar System towards it. At the
same time, these objects, which are moving very fast, try to fly away from
the Sun, outward into the emptiness of outer space. The result of the planets
trying to fly away, at the same time that the Sun is trying to pull them inward
is that they become trapped half-way in between. Balanced between flying towards
the Sun, and escaping into space, they spend eternity orbiting around their
parent star.
How Did The Solar System form?
the creation of our Solar System took place
billions of years before there were any people around to witness it. Our own
evolution is tied closely to the evolution of the Solar System. Thus, without
understanding from where the Solar System came from, it is difficult to
comprehend how mankind came to be.
Scientists believe that the Solar System evolved from a giant cloud of dust and
gas. They believe that this dust and gas began to fall under the weight of
its own gravity. As it did so, the matter contained within this could begin
moving in a giant circle, much like the water in a drain moves around the center
of the drain in a circle.
At the
center of this spinning cloud, a small star began to form. This star grew larger
and larger as it collected more and more of the dust and gas that fell into
it.
Further away from the center of
this mass where the star was forming, there were smaller clumps of dust and gas
that were also collapsing. The star in the center
Sun. In addition to planets, the Solar System also consists of moons, comets,
asteroids, minor planets, and dust and gas.
Everything in the Solar System orbits or revolves around the Sun. The
Sun contains around 98% of all the material in the Solar System. The larger an
object is, the more gravity it has. Because the Sun is so large, its powerful
gravity attracts all the other objects in the Solar System towards it. At the
same time, these objects, which are moving very fast, try to fly away from
the Sun, outward into the emptiness of outer space. The result of the planets
trying to fly away, at the same time that the Sun is trying to pull them inward
is that they become trapped half-way in between. Balanced between flying towards
the Sun, and escaping into space, they spend eternity orbiting around their
parent star.
How Did The Solar System form?
the creation of our Solar System took place
billions of years before there were any people around to witness it. Our own
evolution is tied closely to the evolution of the Solar System. Thus, without
understanding from where the Solar System came from, it is difficult to
comprehend how mankind came to be.
Scientists believe that the Solar System evolved from a giant cloud of dust and
gas. They believe that this dust and gas began to fall under the weight of
its own gravity. As it did so, the matter contained within this could begin
moving in a giant circle, much like the water in a drain moves around the center
of the drain in a circle.
At the
center of this spinning cloud, a small star began to form. This star grew larger
and larger as it collected more and more of the dust and gas that fell into
it.
Further away from the center of
this mass where the star was forming, there were smaller clumps of dust and gas
that were also collapsing. The star in the center