Lesson 4: The Solar System.

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Our tutor @alessgsl for sure did justice to the topic by breaking down everything we need to know about the solar system in simple English without the use of grammars and all that, we appreciate your every effort to see that we learn and understand how our planet works.

The solar system is one of the topic that confused the most in school but the Steemkids community and the steemit platform offered me the opportunity to come across this topic once again, I have been able to understand all that I could not understand during my school days. Understanding the solar system is quite difficult because the solar system itself is complicated.

It takes time and study for one to be able to understand everything about the solar system and how it works.

1.What is the Solar System?

The solar system can simply be defined as the assemblage of all eight planets, the moon, alongside smaller rocks in form of asteroids and meteoroids all revolving and rotating round the sun. Everything that makes up the solar system are held by the attraction force of the sun, they revolve round the sun and are in their own orbit.

2.Explain in your own words 2 theories of the origin of the Solar System.

There are lots of theories related to the origin of the solar system but for this class we will be looking at two:

• Nebular Hypothesis: The very first model of the Nebular Hypothesis was first put forward by Immanuel Kant in 1755. The Nebular Hypothesis was later altered in 1796 by Pierre Laplace, based on the Nebular Hypothesis it is believed that the solar system came into existence after the condensation of a Nebular.

• Dust Cloud Theory: The dust cloud theory presumes that the entire solar system came into existence as a result of gases and particles of dust in space.

3.Indicate and explain which elements of the Solar System most attract your attention.

The solar system comprises of lots of element which makes up the solar system but the one discussed below catches my attention the most.

• Asteroids: From research we are made to know that asteroids are rocks of different sizes, shapes and that there are millions of asteroids in space. Asteroids are also said to be minor planets, it is believed that an asteroid hit the earth about 65 million years ago and another will be hitting the earth soon probably in 2029. I really enjoyed doing research on asteroids.

Conclusion.

In conclusion, earth sciences is indeed helping us understand both how our planet works and how the entire solar system works, a shout out to our tutor.