the distance of the planets?

Question

how did all the planets get so far away from each other? and i know about the big bang but was the force that strong to push everything that far?

Answer 1

Wow, it's not that simple.

The planets are far away from each other because one theory is:

That the solar system used to be a big cloud of gas and dust. Local explosions in or near Sirius, formed a shockwave, that as it expanded out, became the Sirius Loop. As it passed through the solar system, it compressed the gas and dust, such that the sun formed, amidst this gas and dust, small at first, but as it grew larger, more material rushed in due to gravity.

At a point, the sun ignited, and all of the gas that was loose was blown outward by the solar wind, and what was left that was semi-solid formed the inner planets. The outer planets, especially jupiter narrowly escaped making this a binary solar system.

If Jupiter was a bit larger, it would be a very dim, small red sun, instead of a planet.

The big bang's force is not really able to be measured, in as much as it is also the expansion of the universe, moving away in all directions at a significant fraction of the speed of light.

Perhaps look at some NASA or astronomy websites for more.

This was the most interesting question I've seen this week.

Answer 2

Actually, the Big Bang happened long before any of the planets in our solar system were formed. The Big Bang basically scattered a bunch of matter across the universe (and it's still expanding).

However, the gravitational attraction between the matter eventually caused some of the stuff to gather together in clumps. The largest clumps became very hot as they compressed, and eventually ignited, becoming stars. The smaller clumps became planets and asteroids.

In general, a star and the planets that orbit it are all formed from the same cloud of gas and dust. The planets are simply the parts that didn't fall into the star.

Answer 3

If you're talking about the stuff in the universe, if has been moving "outward" from what is presumed to have been the "Big Bang" for quite a while.. Since there is not a lot of stuff being created, and the space what little there is occupies is so large, there's bound to be a lot of "empty" space. between the more solid stuff... like galaxies. .

Planets are captives of the star around which they revolve. Their distances from their sun depends on the speed at which they revolve and their mass. It's a balancing act between the force of gravity exerted by the star, and the centrifugal force exerted by their motion and mass. Slower or larger, they could spiral into the star. Faster, or smaller... they could spiral away from the star and out of the system.

Answer 4

One thing most fail to consider is that our sun, Sol, is a third generation star, it and the material that make up our solar system have been recycled twice since the cooling of the universe after its formation. Looking at the distribution of material as far as we know today, much of the heavier materials formed by the recycling process moved the least and made up the small rocky inner worlds. The lighter material managed a greater distance to form the gas giants and ice giants. Looking at the energies involved, one can see how we ended up where we are.

Answer 5

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