2006-07-30 03:50:28 · 20 answers · asked by Roberto 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Even though the vast shell of the Oort cloud surrounding the solar system is way out there, the correct answer IS the Heliopause. (like C. stated) The Heliopause is almost one full light year away. (WOW) That's almost 1/4 of the way to the next nearest star. It is the termination shock wave or the edge of the solar wind bubble of the sun. It's where the bubble ends due to the solar wind no longer being strong enough to push back the interstellar medium. It is truly considered to be the very edge of our solar system. VOYAGER 2 space probe just recently reached it and is now past it.(3 months ago) & VOYAGER 1 passed it over a year ago.(15 months ago) How COOL is that? They are the first and second farthest man made objects ever created. They are flying out of the solar system in opposite directions. There is your answer...plus more.
2006-08-04 22:11:11 · answer #1 · answered by Smart Dude 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi. I think the proper answer is the heliopause. Others have mentioned the Oort cloud and the is also the Kuiper belt, but the possibility exists that the objects in these may be shared by other stars sometimes (or by another star's Oort cloud). The heliopause, which is the farthest reach of the solar wind, may be a better answer.
2006-07-30 04:33:23 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sedna is the most distant solar system object ever discovered.it is about 130 billion kilometers (84 billion miles) It is twice as far from the sun as any other solar system object and three times farther than Pluto or Neptune. Standing on the surface of Sedna, you could block the entire sun with the head of a pin held at arm's length.
Even more interestingly, the orbit of Sedna is extreme elliptical, in contrast to all of the much closer planets, and it takes 10,500 years to circle the sun.
2006-07-30 09:11:21 · answer #3 · answered by atiq 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Oort Cloud. This is the debris of rocks and dust that remained after our solar system cooled and is blown right out of the system. It revolves around the sun but lay very very far away. It is much further away from Pluto.
2006-07-30 04:22:16 · answer #4 · answered by citylegend 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Solar system? Might be Pluto, the last planet. If you are talking about the last thing in the MILKY WAY, I have no idea. Never been THERE! Been a few other places though!
2006-08-03 11:27:28 · answer #5 · answered by thewordofgodisjesus 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
see our solar system is surrounded by a huge colony of comets and i think that it is the farthest thing and after it is Pluto and many other heavenly bodies are also there which others have mentioned
2006-08-05 18:49:51 · answer #6 · answered by lisa francis 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sedna - a red planet-would be the 10th planet in our solar system to be discovered. It was named after the Canadian and Greenlandic Inuit Sea Goddess. It was named by it discoverers. It is three times more distant than Pluto and bigger than Pluto.
2006-08-06 05:52:18 · answer #7 · answered by VelvetRose 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Oort Cloud.
2006-07-30 05:54:53 · answer #8 · answered by quntmphys238 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Light
2006-07-30 04:07:48 · answer #9 · answered by Q 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
May be the tenth planet "sedna" (UB 313 2003) OR as two of them are saying the Oort cloud.
2006-07-30 04:34:08 · answer #10 · answered by ADITYA S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋