To be clear, im talking about looking at the solar system on edge
No they do not. Mercury´s orbit is inclined by 7.01 degrees, and Jupiter´s is 1.31 degrees (compared to Earth orbit). The perturbations of the orbits from these average inclination is very small — typically less than 0.15 degrees.
A few other inclinations:
Pluto: 17 degrees
Eris: 44 degrees
Pallas: 34 degrees
no. the planets are never lined up the way they are in models. their orbits are more varied and erratic. some have very round orbits some have more oval shaped ones.
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Not perfect, but if the solar system were the size of a dime, all the planets would fit inside it. That wasn’t true when Pluto was still a planet, by the way.
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No, they all orbit in slightly different planes. Even then, an individual planet does not orbit in a perfect plane. Perturbations from the other planets ensure that it always wobbles a bit.
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no hey are not in the same plane
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no; denfine perfect plane, to the atom? It will of course be off, for example; you can’t cut a cake in half; but approimately in half; about 48-49% or 51%-52%. The planets don’t orbit on a perfect plane. Even if you took instruments in a lab to cut the cake it will still be off by 0.000000001%. As Nothing is perfect. So the answer is no.
The planets can not orbit in a perfect plane and that will never happen in our universe. In any solar-system. It can be close but never perfect.
In a scientific way I am right; in a irrational way of the human brain awareness of perfect I am wrong. Human brain precieves the word perfect as close; but that is merely wrong; perfect means 100%; excat; not close.
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No they do not. Mercury´s orbit is inclined by 7.01 degrees, and Jupiter´s is 1.31 degrees (compared to Earth orbit). The perturbations of the orbits from these average inclination is very small — typically less than 0.15 degrees.
A few other inclinations:
Pluto: 17 degrees
Eris: 44 degrees
Pallas: 34 degrees
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_inclination
No ITS AN elliptikal plane
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No, far from perfect. The remaining eight planets have still a lot of variation in their inclination and RAAN, up to 7° away from Earth, or 6° away from the invariable plane, which is defined by the barycenter of the solar system and the center of the sun.
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