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Anonymous Sat 03 Apr 14:50:15 2021 No.12920361 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>12920379 >>12920394 >>12920488

Why are all the planet orbits around the sun pretty much parallel to each other? Is the universe flat?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 03 Apr 2021 14:55:47 No.12920379 Report

Quoted By: >>12920410

>>12920361
It isn't. Several planet's orbits are inclined a couple degrees away from the ecliptic (earth's orbit plane). That's almost as curvy as pringles potato chips.

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Anonymous Sat 03 Apr 2021 14:58:54 No.12920394 Report

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>>12920361
They rotate on a plane out of phase with both the tangential velocity and centripetal acceleration of the system about its center of revolution. I guess.

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Anonymous Sat 03 Apr 2021 15:03:26 No.12920410 Report

Quoted By: >>12920586

>>12920379
But why aren't there planets that orbit "vertically" to the sun? Is there a specific reason or is it just a coincidence that there isn't any in the solar system?

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Anonymous Sat 03 Apr 2021 15:30:53 No.12920488 Report

Quoted By: >>12921048

>>12920361
If you throw a fuckton of cosmic dust and gas to orbit around the young forming Sun in random directions,
one of those orbits will have slightly more momentum and after everything collides with each other that orbit will be only one left.

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Anonymous Sat 03 Apr 2021 15:58:04 No.12920586 Report

Quoted By: >>12921048

>>12920410
Because they are formed in protoplanetary disk. Where "vertical" planet would come from?

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Anonymous Sat 03 Apr 2021 17:42:45 No.12921048 Report

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>>12920488
>>12920586
Thanks, it's actually that simple

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