Do the orbits of all the planets in our solar system lye in the same plain? Serious answers only please.?

Question

Are there any sites that I can study on the matter?

Answer 1

Not exactly but all eight planets are pretty close to the same plane.

Answer 2

No they do not. They are close, but no cigar. Look up the "transit of Venus". Venus, as seen from the Earth travels across the face of the Sun once, then again 8 years later, and then not again for 105 years then two 8 years apart and the next is 120 years later.

If Venus and Earth orbits were on the same plane, every time Venus was between the Earth and the Sun it would travel across the face of the Sun and that would be quite frequently. But since the orbits of Venus and the Earth are tilted with respect to each other by about 4 degrees it only happens when both planets are close to the points where the orbits are in line.

Mercury and the Earth are much closer to the same plane and transits of Mercury are more frequent and regular.

Wikipedia articles list the angles of the orbits to the Sun's equator.

Answer 3

Pluto's orbit is tipped by about 14 degrees or somewhere thereabouts. That's why it will never collide with Neptune for the times it gets closer than Neptune - it "crosses" Neptune's orbit when it's above or below the plane of the ecliptic, which is where the rest of the planets' orbits lie.

Of course, officially, Pluto's not a planet, but Schoolhouse Rock told me "Pluto, little Pluto is the farthest planet from the Sun," so that's how I'm gonna continue to roll - lol.

Interestingly, I think Earth's orbit is the most inclined after that....

Answer 4

it fairly is achievable ... purely in no way probable. The orbits of the planets, consisting of Pluto and the foremost asteroids, are noticeably lots regular. they may well be backwards envisioned for a thousand's of years, and don't coach any significant perturbation by using a few unknown planet X. something the dimensions of Pluto that handed during the photograph voltaic gadget might have very nearly easily disturbed the orbits adequate for us to nonetheless see the outcomes. There may well be a extensive planet X available, previous the orbit of Neptune. in spite of the fact that if it fairly is not authentic seeking to anticipate that it handed during the indoors photograph voltaic gadget each time in the previous a hundred,000 years.

Answer 5

Pluto was the only planet that did not lie on the same plane as the other planets. Since pluto is now considered a dwarf planet, all the other planets do lie on roughly the same plane, spinning in the same direction. Hope this helps.

Answer 6

Yes.

"Most large objects in orbit around the Sun lie near the plane of Earth's orbit, known as the ecliptic. The planets are very close to the ecliptic while comets and Kuiper belt objects are usually at significantly greater angles to it."

Answer 7

From what I remember they all lie near the same plane. Despite what justask23 says not all the planets rotate in the same direction. Venus actually rotates the opposite direction of earth and the other planets.

Answer 8

yes orbits planets lye in same piain expect pluto but there is a difference in plane geometry

Answer 9

Considering the astronomical distances, yes they 'lie' in the same plane as the sun's equator and generally the same plane as the equator of the Milky Way Galaxy. It's just the way we were spun out.

Answer 10

thtz a relle good question ..
i think the orbits of the planets till uranus lie on the same plane.. neptune is slightly tilted .. n pluto is like tilted by an angle apprx. by err/.. 35degrees or sumthin..