center of our solar system?
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what do u mean by center? the center of mass? center of volume?
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There is no populated geographic center of the Earth.  The center of the Earth is many miles underground and obviously not occupied.  \nIf you mean, which country is at the center of the surface of the Earth, there's no answer to that either, because the Earth is a sphere, and there are no edges from which to measure a center.
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We're located in a tiny remnant of a spiral arm called the 'Orion Arm', between two larger arms.  We're located in the main disk, about 25,000 light years out from the core.  This puts us about half way between the core and the edge of the galaxy.  I put an artist's conception below.
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http://www.mapkids.org/solar-system-map.html#WIN\n\n&#92;
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the solar system is a little more complex than that.  everything in the solar system orbits a common center of mass called a barycenter.  the more massive objects are closest to it so the sun is closest.  jupiter is so massive that the solar system's barycenter is outside the solar surface.  the earth is farther away so it essentially orbits around the sun while the sun orbits the barycenter.  the earth and moon orbit their own common center of mass.  this barycenter is within the earth so the moon essentially orbits the earth.  i hope this answers your question.\n\nread these pages:\nhttp://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/barycntr.shtml\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_system
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Yes, our galaxy (and the local group) is generally heading in the direction of the virgo cluster of galaxies. All together, we are moving in the direction of a much larger structure called the 'Great Attractor' that is in the direction of the constallation of Centaurus. I'm guessing that this is what you heard about.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Attractor
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Earth and all the planets in out solar system are orbiting our Sun. The Sun and all stars are moving in space, but those other stars are not moving around US; they are orbiting the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Because the stars are so far away from us it takes thousands of years before they have moved far enough for us to notice it from so far away, but astronomers have made careful measurements with telescopes and can detect small position changes, which they call "proper motion". I googled "proper motion" and below is the first result.
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There is only one solar system, and it is the one our planet is part of.\n\nThe solar system comprises the Earth's Sun and the retinue of celestial objects gravitationally bound to it. Traditionally, this is said to consist of the Sun, nine planets and their 158 currently known moons; however, a large number of other objects, including asteroids, meteoroids, planetoids, comets, and interplanetary dust, orbit the Sun as well. Astornomers are debating over the presence of a tenth planet.\n\nAlthough the term "solar system" is frequently applied to other star systems and the planetary systems which may comprise them, it should strictly refer to Earth's system specifically: the word "solar" is derived from the Sun's Latin name, Sol, and thus the term sometimes appears as Solar System. When talking about another stellar system or planetary system, including the stars and bodies associated with them through gravity, it is usual to shorten it to drop the term "stellar" and form names such as "the Alpha Centauri system" or "the 51 Pegasi system".
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Do one of our solar system and its relative distance from our sun
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Yes, but not in our lifetime.  The orbit is 1,500 years from our sun to a dead sun outside our solar system.  We have a better chance of meeting helpful space visitors than planet X.
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Uranus is in the middle
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Since the universe is infinitely large, I'd say there's quite a few inhabitable planets like Earth out there. Scientists think that Alpha Centauri (4 light years) would be our closest habitable solar system. Assuming there's a habitable solar system every 6 light years from each other, we have a lot of systems to count with our infinitely large and expanding universe. We are just much too technologically challenged to get there!\n\nBTW: The sun is 8 light minutes away and it would take a considerable amount of time (if possible at all) to get to the sun using our current technologies.
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Yes, our moon orbits our planet, and together they orbit our sun.  Also, our solar system orbits the center of our galaxy.
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A 10th planet has recently been found in our Solar System. It's designation right now is UB313. Check out the following website for more information:\n\nhttp://channels.isp.netscape.com/news/story.jsp?idq=/ff/story/0001/20060201/1301968801.htm&ewp=ewp_news_0106planet&floc=NI-slot1a
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The Solar System or solar system[1] comprises the Sun and the retinue of celestial objects gravitationally bound to it: the eight planets, their 162 known moons,[2] three currently identified dwarf planets and their four known moons, and thousands of small bodies. This last category includes asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and interplanetary dust.\n\nThe principal component of the Solar System is the Sun or Sol (astronomical symbol ); a main sequence G2 star that contains 99.86% of the system's known mass and dominates it gravitationally.[3] The Sun's large mass gives it an interior density high enough to sustain nuclear fusion, releasing enormous amounts of energy, most of which is radiated into space in the form of electromagnetic radiation including visible light. Jupiter and Saturn are the Sun's two largest orbiting bodiesand account for more than 90% of the system's remaining mass. (The currently hypothetical Oort cloud would also hold a substantial percentage were its existence confirmed).[4]\n\nIn broad terms, the charted regions of the Solar System consist of the Sun, four rocky bodies close to it called the terrestrial planets, an inner belt of rocky asteroids, four gas giant planets and an outer belt of small icy bodies known as the Kuiper belt. In order of their distances from the Sun, the planets are Mercury (), Venus (), Earth (), Mars (), Jupiter (), Saturn (), Uranus (), and Neptune (). All planets but two are in turn orbited by natural satellites (usually termed "moons" after Earth's Moon) and every planet past the asteroid belt is encircled by planetary rings of dust and other particles. The planets other than Earth are named after gods and goddesses from Greco-Roman mythology.\n\nFrom 1930 to 2006, Pluto (), the largest known Kuiper belt object, was considered the Solar System's ninth planet. However, in 2006 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) created an official definition of the term "planet".[5] Under this definition, Pluto is reclassified as a dwarf planet, and there are eight planets in the Solar System. In addition to Pluto, the IAU currently recognizes two other dwarf planets: Ceres (), the largest object in the asteroid belt, and Eris, which lies beyond the Kuiper belt in a region called the scattered disc. Of the known dwarf planets, only Ceres has no moons.\n\nFor many years, the Solar System was the only known example of planets in orbit around a star. The discovery in recent years of many extrasolar planets has led to the term "solar system" being applied generically to all the newly discovered systems. Technically, however, it should strictly refer to Earth's system only, as the word "solar" is derived from the Sun's Latin name, Sol. Other such systems are usually referred to by the names of their parent star: "the Alpha Centauri system" or "the 51 Pegasi system".\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_system
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omg what do you think????-.- the universe-duh! the solar system kinda is in the universe!!!! omg...stupid question (no offence)
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Yes, Earth is the third planet from the sun.\n\nNo, Earth is not an exact sphere.  The Earth ispudgy.  It has a slight "bulge" around the Equator.  We're close enough, and we're certainly not flat, but we're not on a perfectly round planet.\n\nThe planets in the solar system are (in order from sun, outwards):\n\nMercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, & Pluto.  There is also an arguable "10th planet", but until NASA names it (and confirms it's a PLANET, not just a rock) I'll say there's nine.\n\nAlso, in between Mars & Jupiter is the Astroid Belt, which some think was once a planet that exploded long ago.\n\nFor (really) in-depth information, visit Wikipedia: