"solar system"

The solar system is a system of celestial bodies kept in motion by the sun's gravity, which means that all bodies within the effective range of the sun's gravity are part of the solar system, so by this definition, how large is the solar system?

The so-called gravitational equilibrium surface refers to the surface formed by the same point of gravity. On Earth, we call the gravitational equilibrium surface that coincides with the stationary ocean surface the "geodetic level", which is actually equivalent to what we often call sea level.

At the time of the "family photo" of the solar system, the Voyager 1 probe has reached a distance of 6.4 billion kilometers from Earth, very distant, so in the view of the Voyager 1 probe, the solar system, the major celestial bodies are very small

Although the Earth is just a "grain of dust suspended in the sun" in the universe, for us humans, this "grain of dust" is irreplaceable.

Below the solar system, there is a star system labeled "alpha Centauri".

According to our knowledge of known life, liquid water is essential for life. In other words, if there is liquid water on a planet, there is a possibility of life, and it is for this reason that scientists always consider liquid water as the first requirement when assessing the possibility of life on a planet.

The solar system is located in a region with a stellar density of only 72 million parts per million of the highest stellar density region in the Milky Way, which is a remote and inhospitable part of the galaxy.

How exactly did such a complex life emerge on Earth? This is a great mystery to modern humans, but we are almost certain that the "birth of life" is a process that has a very small probability of occurring.

In the macroscopic world, the solar system is a system of celestial bodies centred on the sun, in which the vast majority of mass is concentrated and the major planets orbit the sun, while in the microscopic world, an atom is a microscopic system centred on the nucleus of an atom, in which the vast majority of mass is concentrated and electrons orbit the nucleus.

In our universe, whether as large as a galaxy or as small as an electron, we are always in motion, and even when we think we are sitting motionless in our chairs, the earth is carrying us around the sun at a speed of about 30 kilometres per second, and the sun is also in motion, in fact it is carrying the entire solar system around the centre of the milky way, and at a speed of about 220 kilometres per second.