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From the picture it looks like we're seeing M51 from the "top", does that mean that the planet is orbiting the star system at a right angle from the galaxy plan
by ajnin 6y ago
From the picture it looks like we're seeing M51 from the "top", does that mean that the planet is orbiting the star system at a right angle from the galaxy plane? Isn't that unusual?
- dexwiz 6y agoI’m pretty sure our system is like this. https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/08/30/our-motion-through-space-isnt-a-vortex-but-something-far-more-interesting/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/08/30/our-...
- cgriswald 6y agoNo, it’s not unusual. Stars form from clouds of gas and dust collapsing chaotically under their own gravity. It’s the net angular momentum of the cloud that determines the spin and ecliptic of the star system.