The Edge of Interstellar Space
Dwarf Planets, the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud
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What you will learn
One of the cutting edge areas of astronomy has to do with the where our solar system ends and where interstellar space begins. The Sun’s influence extends much further than we previously thought and we have just started to explore the outer edges of our home solar system with space probes launched in the 1970’s. What kind of objects are out that far from the Sun?
Overview of the solar system
Perspective on Size and Distance
Out sun
The boundaries of the solar system
Astronomical units of measurements
Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs)
Scattered Disk Objects (SDOs)
Dwarf Planets
The Kuiper Belt
How to define a planet
The dwarf planet Sedna
Eccentric orbits and the plane of the Solar System
The dwarf planet Pluto
The New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt
The Asteroid Belt
The dward planet Ceres
Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs)
The dwarf planet Haumea
The dwarf planet Eris
Moons of the Outer Solar System
The Oort Cloud
Short- and long-term comets
Absolute Zero
The Interstellar Medium
The Solar System's place in the Milky Way Galaxy
Bow shock and bow waves
The heliopause
Termination shock
The Voyager and Pioneer missions
Test Questions and Activities
Screenshots
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2/21/2021
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