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unusual facts about Our Solar System


Our Solar System

#"Hall Of The Mountain King/Louie Louie"



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Beta Pictoris

In 2000, observations made with the Advanced Meteor Orbit Radar facility in New Zealand revealed the presence of a stream of particles coming from the direction of Beta Pictoris, which may be a dominant source of interstellar meteoroids in our solar system.

Chondrule

Isotope studies indicate a nearby supernova explosion added fresh material to what became our solar system.

Enstatite

Enstatite is one of the few silicate minerals that have been observed in crystalline form outside our Solar System, particularly around evolved stars and Planetary Nebulae such as NGC 6302.