The Sun Has It All
The Sun contains 99.86% of the mass of the Solar System. Thus, without the extra precision, the mass of the Sun is 100% or all of the Solar System’s mass. And this means that the total mass of the planets amounts to no more than rounding error.
Lack of Randomness
All the planet orbits line up in a plane called the ecliptic that cuts through the Sun’s equator
The Moon Is a Piece of Earth
Analysis of lunar rocks has revealed that the isotope features of lunar rocks are identical to earth rocks. Professor Nicolas Dauphas of the Univ. of Chicago reported in Mar. 2012, “What we found is that the child does not look any different compared to the Earth. It’s a child with only one parent, as far as we can tell.”
The Sun Has It All
The Sun contains 99.86% of the mass of the Solar System. Thus, without the extra precision, the mass of the Sun is 100% or all of the Solar System’s mass. And this means that the total mass of the planets amounts to no more than rounding error.
Thickness of Continental Crust Varies Greatly
According to US Geological Survey: “Continents reach their greatest thickness – up to 45 mi (70 km) below mountain ranges, and are thinnest 10-15 mi (16-24 km) beneath rifts, aulocogens, shields, and continental margins.” The outer layer of sedimentary rock is about 1.8 (2.9 km) deep on top of solid granite.
Earth Features A Lot of Water
The total amount of water on the earth in the ocean, lakes and atmosphere is 333 million cubic miles (1.39 billion cubic km) according to the US Geological Survey. Imagine a huge empty swimming pool that is 1 mile deep, 1 mile long and 1 mile wide; then think of filling it up 1 gallon at a time… that’s just 1 of 333 million.
Planets Born
Moons Born
Current Planets
Current Moons
Two planets were born between Mars and Jupiter.
One or both of them had moons;
but they crashed together: The Killer Crash
Learn more from The Birth of the Earth.
8 planets with a total of 146 moons comprise our
Solar System, as officially confirmed by NASA (April 2015).
The remains of one original planet is a moon of Jupiter.
The remains of the other missing planet is now known as the Asteroid Belt.
8 of the moons from the Killer Crash are found
in the Kuiper Belt and 1 is in the Scattered Disc.
