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<h1 align = center font size = 17><u><b>STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION</b></u></h1>
<p>The Sun is the dominant gravitational member of the Solar System, and its
planetary system is maintained in a relatively stable, slowly evolving state by
following isolated, gravitationally bound orbits around the Sun.<br>
The overall structure of the charted regions of the Solar System consists of the
Sun, four smaller inner planets surrounded by a belt of mostly rocky asteroids, and
four giant planets surrounded by the Kuiper belt of mostly icy objects. Astronomers
sometimes informally divide this structure into separate regions. The inner Solar
System includes the four terrestrial planets and the asteroid belt. The outer Solar
System is beyond the asteroids, including the four giant planets. Since the
discovery of the Kuiper belt, the outermost parts of the Solar System are
considered a distinct region consisting of the objects beyond Neptune.</p>
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<h3 font size = 15><u><b>Orbits</b></u></h3>
<p>The planets and other large objects in orbit around the Sun lie near the plane
of Earth's orbit, known as the [Link] a result of the formation of the Solar
System, planets and most other objects orbit the Sun in the same direction that the
Sun is rotating. That is, counter-clockwise, as viewed from above Earth's north
pole. There are exceptions, such as Halley's [Link] of the larger moons orbit
their planets in prograde direction, matching the planetary rotation; Neptune's
moon Triton is the largest to orbit in the opposite, retrograde manner. Most larger
objects rotate around their own axes in the prograde direction relative to their
orbit, though the rotation of Venus is retrograde.</p>
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<h3 font size = 15><u><b>Composition</u></b></h3>
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<p>The Sun is composed of roughly 98% hydrogen and helium, as are Jupiter and
Saturn. A composition gradient exists in the Solar System, created by heat and
light pressure from the early Sun; those objects closer to the Sun, which are more
affected by heat and light pressure, are composed of elements with high melting
points. Objects farther from the Sun are composed largely of materials with lower
melting points. The boundary in the Solar System beyond which those volatile
substances could coalesce is known as the frost line, and it lies at roughly five
times the Earth's distance from the Sun.
The objects of the inner Solar System are composed mostly of rocky materials,such
as silicates, iron or nickel. Jupiter and Saturn are composed mainly of gases with
extremely low melting points and high vapor pressure, such as hydrogen, helium, and
neon. Ices, like water, methane, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, and carbon dioxide,
have a melting points of up to a few hundred kelvins.</p>
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<h3 font size = 15><u><b>Habitability</b></u></h3>
<p>Besides solar energy, the primary characteristic of the Solar System enabling
the presence of life is the heliosphere and planetary magnetic fields (for those
planets that have them). These magnetic fields partially shield the Solar System
from high-energy interstellar particles called cosmic rays. The density of cosmic
rays in the interstellar medium and the strength of the Sun's magnetic field change
on very long timescales, so the level of cosmic-ray penetration in the Solar System
varies, though by how much is unknown.<br>
Earth's magnetic field also stops its atmosphere from being stripped away by the
solar wind. Venus and Mars do not have magnetic fields, and as a result the solar
wind causes their atmospheres to gradually bleed away into space.
The zone of habitability of the Solar System is conventionally located in the inner
Solar System, where planetary surface or atmospheric temperatures admit the
possibility of liquid water. Habitability might also be possible in subsurface
oceans of various outer Solar System moons.</p>
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