Timeline for Is this solar system mechanically possible?
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| Sep 29 at 8:27 | comment | added | AlexP | The planets orbit the Sun only roughly in the same plane. The ecliptic is specifically the plane of Earth's orbit. Mercury's orbit is inclined 7° with respect to the ecliptic, Venus's 3.4°, Saturn's 2.5°, and so on. That's why the Zodiac is not a line, but rather a band about 16° wide. | |
| Sep 29 at 3:39 | history | answered | L.Dutch♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |