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Formation of The Solar System

The solar system formed from a nebula of gas and dust that coalesced under gravity, creating stars and planets over millions of years. The sun, a massive star at the center, holds the solar system together with its gravity, while eight planets orbit it in a flat plane. Moons, which vary in size and number, orbit the planets, and the gravitational force of the sun keeps everything in orbit.

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Formation of The Solar System

The solar system formed from a nebula of gas and dust that coalesced under gravity, creating stars and planets over millions of years. The sun, a massive star at the center, holds the solar system together with its gravity, while eight planets orbit it in a flat plane. Moons, which vary in size and number, orbit the planets, and the gravitational force of the sun keeps everything in orbit.

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FORMATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

 Scientists have a hypothesis about the formation of the solar system. It


goes as follows:
Long ago, there was a huge cloud of gas and dust in space called a
nebula. The particles of dust and gas pulled on each other with weak
forces due to their own gravity.
 As they stuck together, their mass and gravity increased, leading to them
attracting more dust and gas.
 They formed balls which got bigger and bigger. When the balls got
beyond a certain size, they got hot enough to become stars, whilst the
smaller ones became planets.
 This process took millions of years.

FACTS ABOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Sun:

 The sun is a star at the centre of our solar system.


 It’s a giant ball of hot, glowing gases, mainly hydrogen and helium.
 The sun is so massive that its gravity holds the entire solar system
together.

 All the planets orbit around the sun in the same direction.
 The sun and all the planets (except Venus and Uranus) spin on their axes
(angular axes) in the same direction.
 All the planets orbit the sun in the same plane. This means the solar
system looks flat.

PLANETS:

 There are eight planets in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
 Each planet orbits the sun in a specific path called an orbit.
 The direction of spin of the sun and the planets (except Venus and
Uranus) is the same as the direction in which the planets orbit around the
sun.

MOONS:

 Are natural satellites that orbit planets.


 Some planets, like Earth and Mars, have a moon, while others have
dozens (like Jupiter) or even thousands (like Saturn).
 Moons come in different sizes and shapes and can have their own unique
features.
 Most of the moons of the planets orbit their planets in the same direction
as the planets rotate around the sun.

What keeps planets in orbit around the sun?

1. Planets are kept in orbit around the sun by the force of gravity. Gravity is
a natural force of attraction between objects with mass, and it becomes
stronger as objects get closer together.
2. The sun's mass is greater than the mass of all planets added together. This
allows the sun to have a large enough gravity to hold all planets in their
orbits.
3. The sun's gravity weakens as the distance from the sun increases,
meaning that Neptune experiences the weakest forces of gravity due to
the sun.

The suns force of gravity forces causes a centripetal force.

A centripetal force is a force that keeps an object moving in a curved path or


an orbit. It acts towards the centre of the curvature and is required to
maintain circular motion.

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