Second alignment plane of solar system discovered -- ScienceDaily
A study of comet motions indicates that the Solar System has a second alignment plane. Analytical investigation of the orbits of long-period comets shows that the aphelia of the comets, the point where they are farthest from the Sun, tend to fall close to either the well-known ecliptic plane where the planets reside or a newly discovered "empty ecliptic." This has important implications for models of how comets originally formed in the Solar System.
In the Solar System, the planets and most other bodies move in roughly the same orbital plane, known as the ecliptic, but there are exceptions such as comets. Comets, especially long-period comets taking tens-of-thousands of years to complete each orbit, are not confined to the area near the ecliptic; they are seen coming and going in various directions.
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Radical Discovery Suggests The Solar System Has Two Planes of Orbital Alignment
If you could zoom out and look at the Solar System from a distance, you'd see that the illustrations have at least one thing right: the planets are, more or less, aligned on a flat plane, circling the Sun's equator.
This is called the ecliptic , and it's thought to be a remnant of how the Solar System formed - a flattish disc of dust swirling around the Sun that gradually clumped together into planets, asteroids, and other chunks of rock.
There are, however, a few bodies that move around outside this plane - mainly long-period comets with orbits of hundreds to tens of thousands of years, orbiting at the farthest reaches of the Solar System, in the Oort Cloud of icy bodies.
Chondrules Suggest Widespread Transport of Rocky Material in the Early Solar System | Planetary
Our solar system formed from a protoplanetary disk of gas and dust revolving around the young Sun. As the disk cooled, material accreted to form the planets. Isotopic analyses of meteorites distinguish two groups of planetary materials: carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous. It is thought that carbonaceous meteorites formed in the outer solar system, whereas non-carbonaceous meteorites formed in the inner solar system.
NASA, SpaceX team up to study Solar System's mysterious magnetic shield
NASA will work with SpaceX on a mission to explore the far reaches of the Solar System , according to the agency.
Last week , NASA announced SpaceX as their chosen partner to launch the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, first selected by the agency in June 2018. The probe will enable NASA to explore the Solar System's magnetic boundaries, known as the heliosphere, shedding light on some of the biggest mysteries about the liminal space between our Solar System and interstellar space. If all goes to plan, SpaceX will send up the probe in October 2024.
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Arch Electric completes state’s largest privately owned solar system | WisBusiness
Arch Electric completed the largest privately owned solar array in Wisconsin history at Green Valley Dairy located north of Green Bay in Krakow.
The more than 1.8 megawatt solar field was officially put into service on Sept. 3, beating Arch Electric's previous record of a 1.6 megawatt rooftop at an Ikea in Oak Creek, south of Milwaukee.
The Sheboygan County-based electrical company is considered the largest vertical provider of solar in Wisconsin, meaning it designs and installs the project itself. The system at Green Valley Dairy was a unique collaboration between Arch Electric, Green Valley Dairy and Outagamie Clean Energy Partners.
Remnants Of An Ancient Asteroid Sheds New Light On The Early Solar System - SpaceRef
Researchers have shaken up a once accepted timeline for cataclysmic events in the early solar system. About 4.5 Ga (giga-anum, or billion years ago), as a large disc of dust and ice collapsed around our newly formed star, planets and smaller celestial bodies were formed.
It was once thought that this period had a relatively sudden onset, but a research team at Hiroshima University and The University of Tokyo in Japan have found evidence that this bombardment period may have started much earlier, and decreased in intensity over time.
Goss: October's celestial window frames the outer solar system | Local News | roanoke.com
The southeastern October sky provides a window into the outer solar system. It frames the Milky Way completely stretching across the sky from the northeast to directly overhead to the southwest. It continues along the horizon running from the southwest, to the south, then to the northeast. Five major bodies of the solar system, and at least three of the larger minor ones lie within the confines of that celestial window.
The early evening places Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, in the left–center of October's window. It is currently the closest object of any significance to Earth, other than our Moon, and lies 39 million miles away — about 160 times farther than the Moon. In fact, it is now the brightest point of light in the night sky until Venus rises at 4 a.m.
Solar power becoming more popular - Sidney Daily News
A barn on the Hopyard 29 farm, east of Sidney near Pasco, is pictured with solar panels on its roof which helps to create power used to process and preserve hops sold to microbreweries and distilleries throughout the Midwest.
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SIDNEY — Solar power systems are becoming more popular at residential and business properties in Shelby County.
Several reasons are driving the increased use of solar energy, according to Brian Steinkamp, director of strategy and development at Electro Green Energy Solutions (EGES), of Sidney.
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Second alignment #plane of #solarsystem discovered @AAS_Publishing https://t.co/JXmTV91mTN physorg_com Tue Sep 29 14:03:58 +0000 2020
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