Answer this question about astronomy?

Question

If the stars are so huge, and the galaxy so massive, and gravity so prevalent, why do stars have as few as 9 (don't ***** about minor planets and so forth) 'planet size' orbitals around them? Shouldn't it be like millions? And if your answer is that this is because there are so many stars, I ask you to consider the distance between stars, the amount of mass in the universe, and the distance between stars.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Basically planets are the remnants of the debris that formed the stars & our Sun. During the initial phase of the star formation there might have been a million planets as u said, but over a span of time these planets are sucked into the Stars due to there massive gravity. Todays planets of our Solar system is the remnanats that have survived this long but eventually all planets will be sucked in (unless the Sun enters white dwarf stage, where the outer layer of the Sun swells, swallowing the planets)

Answer 3

Yes stars are huge and they vary a great amount but with stellar distances they are quite tiny. Galaxies are still forming and they begin of an incredible amount of dust which comes together from it's own growing gravity or by a black whole at the center. Some pockets of dust come together and their total gravity brings all the dust together to form a star and planets. There is also dark matter that comes into play. Dark matter is hard to define but at the current time we believe it be 90% of our universe.

The closest star to us is about 4 light years away and our galaxy is about 100 thousand light years across. Our galaxy bulges in the middle to a depth of about 30 thousand light years. Information on the Internet.

Answer 4

I believe that it is due to the fact that stars and their planets develop at relatively the same time and most of the matter goes toward the development of the star, and then the excess creates planets. Plus, remember that the gravitational force is the WEAKEST of all unioversal forces, so it is hard for planets to form easily, it takes massive chunks of matter to create a planet, a bunch of little ones just becomes cosmic debris, like the asteroid belt.

Answer 5

A solar system like ours is limited in size.
I f it could have extended farther out with more planets it would have.
There are billions of stars like our sun and most evolve with planets around them.
They would all be limited by the same rules that limit the size of our solar system.

Answer 6

But there ARE countless millions of small, comet-like bodies in the Oort Cloud and Kuiper belt in orbit about the sun.

So.... whats the question?

Answer 7

A good resource to start with for information on the subject is magazines on astronomy, they can be purchased at most major book stores! These magazines have a lot of good stuff that will answer most of your question on astronomy!

Answer 8

There only seem to be a limited number of orbits around a star that are stable.

Answer 9

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