AST101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud, Doppler Effect
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Our solar system extends to about 100 000 au = 20 x 1012 km from sun. About halfway from our sun to another star. Farther away, you"re closer to another star, that stars gravity has a. Our solar system contains planets, dwarf planets, many moon"s, asteroids, and comets greater effect on you. Sun is the heart of the solar system. It is much more massive than the sum of all the other members of the solar system. Its radiation warms the member of the solar system. Terrestrial planets that are close to the sun and similar to earth = terra. Jovian planets that are farther from the sun and similar to jupiter = jove. Planets that are tiny and very far from the sun. Asteroids are rocky objects orbiting the sun. that are much smaller than planets, so they look like stars = aster. Most asteroids orbit between mars and jupiter in the asteroid belt .
