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Solar System

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Astronomical Object

The Resume

    Planetary system orbiting the star Sol ( Sun )
    First accurately described by Johannes Kepler (17th century)
    Made up primarily of nothing
    Contains a single star and all that orbit around it
    Contains eight known planets
    Over 100 moons (natural satellites, that orbit planets)
    Over 100,000 known minor planets (Asteroids)
    Meteors, Comets, gases, debris and other elements
    Artificial satellites and space debris launched from Earth (Primarily the U.S. and Soviet Union)

Why Solar System might be annoying:

    The Sun is on its way to becoming a red giant and will swallow the Earth in 4 billion years.
    It is almost entirely made up of nothing, yet due to gravitational pull things collide.
    If the Sun was a bowling ball, the Earth would be the size of a peppercorn and Pluto would be a half mile away from the bowling ball.
    Because of Bode's Law, scientists speculate that there was a planet between Mars and Jupiter that blew up (or never actually formed) and thus the Asteroids.
    The distance between Pluto and the Sun is forty times greater than the distance between Earth and the Sun.
    How big is the solar system? Well Uranus, the 7th planet, is halfway between the Sun and Pluto.
    But to demonstrate how vast the Universe is, the dark companion of Star Epsilon Aurigae is larger than the Solar System.
    To screw things up, sometimes the former ninth planet, Pluto, is closer to the Sun than the eighth planet, Neptune (1979-99).
    The inner four planets are rocky.
    The outer four planes are large and gaseous.
    Pluto, is an enigma (it is tiny and has an erratic orbit.
    It is questionable if Pluto is really a planet and its relationship with Charon. Pluto was kicked out as a planet (August 24, 2006).
    Some planets have moons that are larger than Pluto or Mercury.
    Some believe that the Moon and Earth are 'double planets' similar to binary stars.
    Jupiter is the largest planet and its mass is three times the other eight planets combined. Yet Saturn, the second largest, planet is the least mass dense.
    The origin of the Solar System has a number of theories.

Why Solar System might not be annoying:

    It is the major reason for sale of telescopes.
    It is the only known planetary system to support intelligent life.
    The solar system is the stepping stone to the final frontier.
    Religious zealots were disappointed to find that the Earth was just a small ordinary planet in an ordinary solar system in an ordinary galaxy.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 12 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 249 Votes: 25.30% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 15 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 19 Votes: 21.05% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 12 Votes: 8.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 36 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 81 Votes: 46.91% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 83 Votes: 53.01% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 39 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 78 Votes: 37.18% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 90 Votes: 36.67% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 199 Votes: 44.22% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 336 Votes: 40.48% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 284 Votes: 44.72% Annoying