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Why is the solar system flat?

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Answered by vermanushka7487
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The original cloud was spinning, and this spin caused it to flatten out into a disk shape. The sun and planets are believed to have formed out of this disk, which is why, today, the planets still orbit in a single plane around our sun. A drawing depicting the flat plane of our solar system. Not to scale!

Answered by rockingstarbruh
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The original cloud was spinning, and this spin caused it to flatten out into a disk shape. The sun and planets are believed to have formed out of this disk, which is why, today, the planets still orbit in a single plane around our sun. A drawing depicting the flat plane of our solar system. Not to scale!

the ecliptic

In what sense is the solar system "flat"? The planets orbit in very nearly the same plane—the ecliptic. Viewed from outside the system, only the orbit of Mercury would deviate noticeably from this plane.

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