Question

Describe the overall movement in our solar system. Explain the role played by the sun that movement.

Answer 1

The Solar System consists of the Sun and the cosmic objects attached to it by gravity: eight planets, their 162 satellites, three dwarf planets and their four satellites, and thousands of small bodies, including asteroids, instant stars, comets, and interplanetary dust.

Thus, within the solar system, the planets and dwarf planets are in an elliptical orbit around the Sun, which attracts them through the force of gravity. Therefore, the Solar System can be schematized with the Sun in the center and the planets around it.

In turn, the planets exert the same attraction on their satellites, which rotate around them and, together with the planets, also around the Sun.