Our Solar System Moving Through Space

In order to keep us in our stable orbit where we are we need to move at right.

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. Attracted and held captive by the gravety of our sun and the smaller elements by the gravity of their nearby larger elementss. Download voyager retro posters to print and share. 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.

This bubble is moving through interstellar space as the sun orbits the center of the milky way galaxy. Much like all the planets in our solar system earth orbits the sun at a much speedier clip than its rotational speed. As earth rotates on its axis it orbits the sun which orbits the center of the milky way which itself is barreling through space. The solar system moves through space in the same fashion as the elements of the solar system move throughout within the solar system.

A simple animation by the former nasa scientist james o donoghue.