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  2. Outline of the Solar System - Wikipedia

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    The Sun, planets, moons and dwarf planets (true color, size to scale, distances not to scale) The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Solar System: Solar System – gravitationally bound system comprising the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly. Of those objects that orbit the ...

  3. Orrery - Wikipedia

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    Orrery. A small orrery showing Earth and the inner planets. An orrery is a mechanical model of the Solar System that illustrates or predicts the relative positions and motions of the planets and moons, usually according to the heliocentric model. It may also represent the relative sizes of these bodies; however, since accurate scaling is often ...

  4. Solar System model - Wikipedia

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    The scale of the planets is the same as the scale between them, and the planets are represented by everyday objects; the Earth is a peppercorn, Jupiter is a walnut, and Neptune is a coffee bean. (dismantled) Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Quebec: 1:10,000,000,000 0.1 m 0.1 cm 15 m 0.6 km (dismantled) (est. 1985) Lafayette Walk Detroit, Michigan

  5. List of Solar System objects - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of Solar System objects by orbit, ordered by increasing distance from the Sun. Most named objects in this list have a diameter of 500 km or more. The Sun, a spectral class G2V main-sequence star. The inner Solar System and the terrestrial planets. Mercury. Mercury-crossing minor planets. Venus. Venus-crossing minor planets.

  6. Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system, according to NASA. The planet is what’s known as a gas giant, which means it doesn’t have a solid surface — though it may have a solid core ...

  7. Formation and evolution of the Solar System - Wikipedia

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    There is evidence that the formation of the Solar System began about 4.6 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant molecular cloud. [ 1 ] Most of the collapsing mass collected in the center, forming the Sun, while the rest flattened into a protoplanetary disk out of which the planets, moons, asteroids, and ...

  8. Timeline of Solar System astronomy - Wikipedia

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    1522 – First circumnavigation of the world by Magellan - Elcano expedition shows that the Earth is, in effect, a sphere. [69] 1543 – Copernicus publishes his heliocentric theory in De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. [70] 1576 – Tycho Brahe founds the first modern astronomical observatory in modern Europe, Uraniborg.

  9. Historical models of the Solar System - Wikipedia

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    The planets are not shown at the appropriate distance from the Sun. Historical models of the Solar System first appeared during prehistoric periods and are being updated to this day. The models of the Solar System throughout history were first represented in the early form of cave markings and drawings, calendars and astronomical symbols. Then ...

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