what do you mean by the plane of the solar system?
Most of the major bodies of the Solar System orbit the Sun in nearly the same plane. This is likely due to the way in which the Solar System formed from a protoplanetary disk
Ecliptic
Most of the major bodies of the Solar System orbit the Sun in nearly the same plane. This is likely due to the way in which the Solar System formed from a protoplanetary disk.
what type of path do planets follow around the sun orbit what is ecliptic? The ecliptic is the plane of Earth's orbit around the Sun. is there a celestial reference plane? The ecliptic forms one of the two fundamental planes used as reference for positions on the celestial sphere, the other being the celestial equator. what do you mean by the last term? The celestial equator is the great circle of the imaginary celestial sphere on the same plane as the equator of Earth.
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Ecliptic [SEP] Plane of the Solar System
Most of the major bodies of the Solar System orbit the Sun in nearly the same plane. This is likely due to the way in which the Solar System formed from a protoplanetary disk. Probably the closest current representation of the disk is known as the "invariable plane of the Solar System". Earth's orbit, and hence, the ecliptic, is inclined a little more than 1° to the invariable plane, Jupiter's orbit is within a little more than ° of it, and the other major planets are all within about 6°. Because of this, most Solar System bodies appear very close to the ecliptic in the sky.