Our Solar System Moving Through Space

The solar system moves through the galaxy with about a 60 angle between the galactic plane and the planetary orbital plane.

Our solar system moving through space.

As our heliosphere plows through space it creates a bow wave like the wave formed by the bow of a ship. Attracted and held captive by the gravety of our sun and the smaller elements by the gravity of their nearby larger elementss. From this effect in the big bang s leftover glow we can find that the solar system moves relative to the cmb at 368 2 km s and that when you throw in the motion of the local group you get that. Much like all the planets in our solar system earth orbits the sun at a much speedier clip than its rotational speed.

The sun appears to move up and down and in and out with respect to the. A simple animation by the former nasa scientist james o donoghue. Think of the universe as a gigantic solar system. This bubble is moving through interstellar space as the sun orbits the center of the milky way galaxy.

The solar system moves through space in the same fashion as the elements of the solar system move throughout within the solar system.