In other words, if our solar-system was a dime and the Milky Way galaxy was a giant round table and I layed the dime on the table would that accurately reflect the two's positioning? Or is our solar-system tilted at a certian degree? thnx
2007-06-20 23:58:45 · 7 answers · asked by punk bitch piece of shit 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
According to this page from the Hayden Planetarium the angle between the ecliptic plane (plane of the Solar System, well Earth's orbit at any rate) and the Galactic plane is 62 degrees.
"At about 62 degrees, the planets revolve around the Sun steeply inclined to the Galactic disk. Of course, the planetary orbits are so small that they are lost in the Galactic disk along with the Sun, but it is fascinating to think we are not orbiting the Sun in the same plane that we orbit the Galaxy. One often thinks of the plane of the Solar System as a cardinal plane, defining how we think of up and down in space, but now we have a new horizon, the Galactic plane."
This seems to agree with what I see if I turn on display of both the ecliptic and the Galactic plane in Cartes du Ciel (a planetarium program I use.)
2007-06-21 00:17:55 · answer #1 · answered by Peter T 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, because the plane of the solar system is shown in the sky by the great circle of the constellations of the Zodiac, while the great circle of the Milky Way is quite a lot different, as you can see by looking at any star chart.
2007-06-21 05:58:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The image voltaic equipment travels around the middle of the galaxy on the galactic plane, yet i'm not sure if that's what you're asking. What you study is evaluating the plane of our image voltaic equipment whilst in comparison with the galactic plane. Our image voltaic equipment is "tilted" contained regionally of 60 ranges. this means that the plane that the planets orbit around the solar is 60 ranges off of the galactic plane. Its a similar way that the Moon orbits around the Earth on a distinctive plane related to the plane that our Earth orbits around the solar.
2016-11-07 02:45:10 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes that is a good way to put it. Look at the milky way and how it pretty well stays the same. I once used a star chart that was made in the 1800 and I could not see any movement.
2007-06-21 04:05:03 · answer #4 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i'm not sure what the angle is but its not flat like a dime on a table. we can see more of the galaxy from the southern hemisphere than from the northern. in fact we can see the galaxy at night as a band of stars and it seems as if we are at almost 90 degrees from the plain of the galaxy.
i could be wrong though.
2007-06-21 00:02:53 · answer #5 · answered by Tim C 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The angle of the galactic plane to the ecliptic plane is about 5.5 degrees.
2007-06-21 00:04:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
that is a VERY good question! but i dont think that anyone would know.
2007-06-21 02:51:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋