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View submission: Ask Anything Wednesday - Physics, Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Science
Our solar system is moving around (orbiting) our galaxy in a relatively flat plane. Is the orbital plane of our solar system planets in the same plane as the sun's orbital plane around the center of the galaxy? What is the difference in angles of the planes?
Comment by OlympusMons94 at 07/12/2023 at 03:16 UTC
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The plane of the solar system is titled about 60 degrees to the galactic plane. This can even be visible to the naked eye when multiple planets are up in locations dark enough to see the Milky Way[1].