We’re here to answer questions you never asked and enlarge your think-y meat
Our planetary system is named the “solar system” because our Sun is named Sol, after the Latin word for Sun, “solis,” and anything related to the Sun we call “solar.”
Our solar system is made up of a star, eight planets, five dwarf planets, and countless smaller bodies such as asteroids, and comets.
Despite all the science, there is no 100% conclusive definition that distinguishes planets from planetoids or moons.
(Pluto – we’re not a planet either)
We’re not even close to the center of our galaxy. According to NASA, we’re about 165 quadrillion miles away.
It’s great news that we’re not in the middle because that spot is reserved for a supermassive black hole.
(There’s probably someone who thinks they’re still the center of it)
The Sun’s mass takes up 99.86% of the solar system
Not more than yer mom though….
According to scientists, we may have discovered an entire planet (55 Cancri e) made of graphite and diamond
This also just in – they made a terrible jingle for the radio
Due to lack of environment, footprints on the moon will be there for hundreds of thousands of years
According to conspiracy theorists’ claims – this news is controversial. Don’t be like them
Heliosphere is a thing and it’s pretty cool. It’s the magnetosphere, astrosphere, and outermost atmospheric layer of the Sun.
It’s like Earth’s ozone layer and it protects us
Scientists have a list of exceptional asteroids and it includes the dwarf planet 1 Ceres
This list is for anything past Neptune – still snubbing pluto
They have a recent discovery of a new minor planet in our system and it’s called ‘The Goblin”
The official name is officially called 2015 TG387
to the shock of almost no one – the Earth isn’t flat – but scientists believe the Universe is
According to the current scientific theories – there are three possibilities of shape (open, closed, and flat).
Most importantly – from all the things you learned today – remember – This solar system is the only one that has YOU
