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Planets revolving counter clockwise around the Sun
Planets revolving around the Sun
Hypothetical case:
What could have been or no impact if the planets viz Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Pluto, Uranus, Neptune in different orbits ...
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What was that single file line formation of flashing plane lights flying in the sky at night? [duplicate]
It was here on the west coast at 5 am pacific standard time when I went outside for a smoke when out of the corner of my eye what looks like a plane with flashing lights going across the sky when all ...
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How to determine the orbital period of an asteroid using Kepler laws given its orbit's radius?
Given that the mean distance of an asteroid from the Sun is $450 \times 10^6$ km is it possible that the asteroid completes one rotation around the Sun in two years?
According to the third law of ...
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Distance from the sun can equal a hospitable planet?
It is said that planets are continuously moving away from the sun. At one time Mars was just the right distance to support life at least temperature wise?
Could Venus be far enough from the sun ...
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Are planets moving away from the sun?
I saw on the tv show Through the Wormhole (hosted by Morgan Freeman) that the planets in our solar system have been continuously moving away from the sun for millions of years. however, when I try to ...
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Is there a theory / equation showing whether or not two passing bodies will go into orbit around each other?
I am looking for a theory that shows whether or not two passing celestial bodies will go into orbit.
I assume there would have to be a critical point where the gravitational attraction is stronger ...
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Are the stars in constellation located in a plane or they are in different distances
Are the stars in constellation located in a plane or they are in different distances from each other and when we observe them from the Earth we think they are all in a plane?
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What is the distance that the Moon travels during one orbit around the Earth?
Also, does it always take the same amount of time, or does it fractionally differ on each revolution?
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