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The impressive size of the solar system

The solar system was formed by gravitational compression of a gas and dust cloud about 4.57 billion years ago. It consists of a central star - the Sun, planets and all natural space objects revolving around it.

The size of the system is truly amazing, so scientists use the system of astronomical units, where 1 AU. = 150 million km (distance from the Earth to the Sun).

The closest planet to the Sun, Mercury, is located 57.91 million km or 0.387 AU. The most distant planet from the Sun is Neptune, the distance from it to the Sun is 30.1 AU. e. or 4.503 billion km. Beyond Neptune's orbit are trans-Neptunian objects consisting of frozen water, ammonia and methane, the largest of which are Pluto, Sedna, Haumea, Makemake, Quaoar, Orcus and Eris.

Pluto is distant from the Sun at 39.2 AU; if you travel to Pluto at car speed, it would take approximately 6000 years to get to it from the Sun.

The distance to the Kuiper Belt is ~30–50 AU. e. Further on 80-200 a.u. a shock wave follows where the moving solar wind (400 km/s) collides with the interstellar medium.

The most remote area is represented by the territory of the Oort Cloud. This is an area with ice objects located at 100,000 AU. We cannot see it yet, but it is known that it is from this region that long-period comets arrive.

The true size of a system is determined by its gravity. Solar gravity extends over 2 light years, which means any object in this field is dependent on our star.

Description
The impressive size of the solar system

The solar system was formed by gravitational compression of a gas and dust cloud about 4.57 billion years ago. It consists of a central star - the Sun, planets and all natural space objects revolving around it.

The size of the system is truly amazing, so scientists use the system of astronomical units, where 1 AU. = 150 million km (distance from the Earth to the Sun).

The closest planet to the Sun, Mercury, is located 57.91 million km or 0.387 AU. The most distant planet from the Sun is Neptune, the distance from it to the Sun is 30.1 AU. e. or 4.503 billion km. Beyond Neptune's orbit are trans-Neptunian objects consisting of frozen water, ammonia and methane, the largest of which are Pluto, Sedna, Haumea, Makemake, Quaoar, Orcus and Eris.

Pluto is distant from the Sun at 39.2 AU; if you travel to Pluto at car speed, it would take approximately 6000 years to get to it from the Sun.

The distance to the Kuiper Belt is ~30–50 AU. e. Further on 80-200 a.u. a shock wave follows where the moving solar wind (400 km/s) collides with the interstellar medium.

The most remote area is represented by the territory of the Oort Cloud. This is an area with ice objects located at 100,000 AU. We cannot see it yet, but it is known that it is from this region that long-period comets arrive.

The true size of a system is determined by its gravity. Solar gravity extends over 2 light years, which means any object in this field is dependent on our star.