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Articles and discussion about the Solar System.

This is a community celebrating scientific study and exploration of the Solar System.

The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system comprising the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly. Of those objects that orbit the Sun directly, the largest eight are the planets, with the remainder being significantly smaller objects, such as dwarf planets and small Solar System bodies.


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Space questions!

This is for fun so take it if you’d like! None of the questions aren’t required so feel free to leave things blank, enjoy!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfeOdXsoflX3hbG7dL_aOw1pgocEoWxvBwchgKOhRXmH7FZmA/viewform?usp=dialog

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2024/12/06
15:58 UTC

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What type of planet was Pluto seen as before it was called a dwarf planet?

Like it's not a gas giant, but I never recalled it being called a rocky world. Comet, rogue moon?

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2024/12/06
00:10 UTC

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Meet 42 asteroids in our solar system

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2024/11/21
02:16 UTC

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I completed the Periodic table of elements cross stitch

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2024/11/12
02:05 UTC

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Can someone tell me what this is or if it has been discovered

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2024/11/07
23:01 UTC

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Neptune and Jupiter

If planets were personified do you think Neptune and Jupiter would be friends? I think so since they both have spots/storms

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2024/11/07
01:42 UTC

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Perseid Meteor Shower - August 13, 2023

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2024/11/06
05:28 UTC

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Comet C/2023 A3 - taken from a dark sky location near Claresholm, AB

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2024/11/06
05:06 UTC

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People in 2023 - 2024:this is garbage meanwhile people in 2014 - 2015:🕺🕺💃🕺💃💃🕺💃💃🕺🕺🕺🕺💃💃💃💃🕺💃

This is nostalgic

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2024/11/05
21:48 UTC

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Life anywhere else?

I know everyone says that there has to be other life than just on earth, but I don’t necessarily agree with that, I think there’s an equal possibility that there is or isn’t life elsewhere.

(Not looking for argument just friendly debate and to get a better understanding of this topic)

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2024/11/03
22:49 UTC

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Egg Dwarfs

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2024/10/29
03:33 UTC

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Solar system simulation in android 14

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2024/10/18
10:50 UTC

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A small contribution of a 3D model of the Solar System

Solar System Custom

Hello friends, I'm new here, I wanted to make a small contribution of a 3D model of the solar system that I made once, it is not to scale but I found it interesting to practice. https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/solar-system-custom-c4d55b801842497c9900c7dbcea1727c

The color is not necessarily the most realistic. They are not proportional and clearly the distance is not to scale, it is only a test. https://www.behance.net/gallery/64190341/Solar-System

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2024/10/03
15:28 UTC

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Ocean worlds

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2024/09/29
00:09 UTC

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Picture of Mars with C/2023 E3 a comet that wasn’t seen for 50,000 years

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2024/09/26
14:09 UTC

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Uh oh

In 2025 or 2026 I think the world will end

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2024/09/14
19:17 UTC

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Our solar system needs a name.

Why doesn't our solar system have a name? I think that we should give it a name because if we're gonna meet people from other solar systems, we can't just say.. "Oh we're from that solar system over there. It needs a name.

20 Comments
2024/09/11
00:49 UTC

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Goldilocks zone expansion?

Okay so I have a question cause I got to thinking, earth is in the Goldilocks zone which is why its habitable, but when the sun becomes a red giant it’ll most likely engulf mercury, Venus earth, and possibly mars, so would that mean that Uranus or Neptune would be the next habitable planet? Because of the Goldilocks zone? Because I would think if the sun expanded…the zone would to..but I guess my question is between the two which would be most likely to become like earth? Or is it even possible for the Goldilocks zone to exist around a red giant?

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2024/08/24
09:41 UTC

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Could anything make the moon drift closer to Earth?

This is a sort of thought experiment I've become obsessed with.

In a ton of fictional media set in the future -- games, TV, movies, etc. -- the moon in the sky looks huge. I know this is just a stylistic choice, but I've been wondering if there's anything that could actually cause that to happen. Every idea I've had has lead to a dead end; the sun could never produce enough energy at once to push it (short of exploding but then we'd have a whole different issue), any celestial body big enough to change its orbit would also demolish it on impact, plus that would require a separate event to throw a dwarf planet from the edge of the solar system or a large moon from one of the gas giants towards Earth. If something happened to trigger a ton of asteroids to fall towards Earth, hitting the moon, maybe that could slowly nudge it closer, but that would also have Earth getting bombarded by asteroids when the moon isn't blocking them, scrapping it as a possibility for most futuristic fiction. I've even considered the merging of the Milky Way and Andromeda as a possibility, but not only do I doubt that the only noticeable difference would be that the moon is closer, that also won't happen until the Earth is twice as old as it is now, also scrapping it for most fiction.

I'm out of ideas and google is out of answers. Is there any cosmic event that could push the moon closer to Earth or slow the speed of its orbit enough to let Earth's gravity do the job?

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2024/08/19
23:00 UTC

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I can confirm, Episode 1 of my series "The Planets" will be titled... Um... I... actually don't know...

Basically, the plot of the episode is an asteroid got thrown off orbit and is now orbiting the Earth. Turns out, it's the ancestor of the asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs. What is the title of this episode?

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2024/08/08
12:22 UTC

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Are dwarf planets and minor planets the same thing?

Same thing or two completely different things?

6 Comments
2024/08/06
06:53 UTC

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A new series I'm working on. "The Planets: Official Trailer"

A bit ambitious but I'll be able to do it!

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2024/08/05
19:43 UTC

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why do i see the sun a 1:45 am

why do i see the sun so late at night, im asking you guys to help me find answers

https://preview.redd.it/u2axhzoei7ed1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=acadb3928b24a5b27eae697b1bcc6344c4419956

7 Comments
2024/07/23
05:45 UTC

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Interstellar Wilderness Reserve Bureau Series by me

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2024/07/18
09:38 UTC

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Is Neptune the same colour as Uranus or is it slightly darker

It's obviously not a deep blue, that's for sure

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2024/07/17
03:21 UTC

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Vandematram Indian National Song 🪷🇮🇳🪷

3 Comments
2024/07/15
18:39 UTC

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