Comment on Asteroid set to come closer to the Earth than the moon Nov. 8parentComments−maaku14y...except that the solar system is two dimensional, aligned on a plane?−hugh314ySee where I said "kinda sorta"?If all the objects in the solar system were in exactly the same plane we'd have a solar eclipse every month. The moon's orbit, for instance, is inclined at five degrees to the ecliptic.
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...except that the solar system is two dimensional, aligned on a plane?
See where I said "kinda sorta"?
If all the objects in the solar system were in exactly the same plane we'd have a solar eclipse every month. The moon's orbit, for instance, is inclined at five degrees to the ecliptic.