What is the smallest solar system in the galaxy?

Answer 1

obviously no one knows what is the smallest solar system in the galaxy. we don't have the technology or that information at present.

but i can give you some ideas that would point you in the general direction of the mechanics needed to find such a system.

the influence of the star magnetic field or gravitational attraction to attract solar bodies ie. planets, asteroids and comets etc. would be a major factor to consider. the edge of a star influence is known as the 'heliopause boundary'

the heliopause boundary, the outer limits of the Sun's (or any star's) magnetic field and outward flow of the solar wind. or to put it another way this is where our sun (or any star) influence ends and the interstellar medium begins

so larger stars would have a larger field attraction (or larger heliopause boundary) for solar bodies therefore we probably would not look there.

our star the sun/sol is of average size but we know there are smaller 'living' stars (i used the term 'living' because when most stars die they collapse into 'white dwarfs' but this is another area altogether)

another factor would be the age of the star if it's to young it could to hot to form any recognisable planetoids or a structure solar system as we know them

the place to look for the smallest solar system would be to find the smallest 'living' star with the right age in our galaxy.

Answer 2

Impossible to tell exactly which one it would be, as we have not identified and measured all the solar systems in our galaxy (and in fact, we do not have all the measurements of a single solar system in this galaxy, ours included), but we can supposed that a red dwarf -- bordering on the brown dwarf limit, that is just barely able to produce heat by fusion in its core -- without any planet would essentially qualify. One of the closest star to our system, Barnard's star about 6 light years away, is invisible to the naked eye despite its proxymity, because red dwarf stars are so dim. With its low gravity, it is likely that an Oort cloud around a red dwarf would be much closer that the similar (yet still hypothetical) Oort could around out sun, and the heliopause of a red dwarf would also encompass a much smaller volume. Red dwarves are usually quite old, and long lasting, and if they are first generation stars, come from hydrogen clouds with very low metallicity, and are thus unlikely to have any planet around them.
That makes for a small solar system.

Answer 3

We know of about 150 solar systems in galaxy. There are about 100 billion stars in the galaxy and we have only looked a a tiny percentage of them and we can only detect those with very large planets, so the answer to your question is "we don't know".

Answer 4

Scientific spreading of Tarcísio Brito?
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Answer 5

one of the soar systems in the smallest galaxy in Men in Black (the movie) lol.

Answer 6

No. Galaxies, by way of definition, are great previous comprehension. to establish that a galaxy to exist, it could desire to contain adequate mass that it could carry itself jointly by way of gravity, yet be opened up adequate so as that the gasoline and different composition does no longer pull jointly tightly. there is not any way for this state to exist as all of us are conscious of it in a community smaller than our image voltaic gadget.

Answer 7

since they are discovering new planetary systems in the galaxy all the time, its hard to say... my guess would be a star with a single planet, but as smaller planets are still often too faint to be seen by telescopes from Earth, its hard to be any more definite.

Answer 8

It could be SWEEPS-10. The next smallest might be HD 188753 Ab.

Answer 9

Solaris Micrus.

Answer 10

as space has no dimensions and exists purely as an area with nothing occupying its current position, there very well could be galaxies floating around on the end of your toe or inside your coat.