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To: dragnet2

Where does the Solar System “end” or where interstellar space “begin”?


30 posted on 12/23/2009 10:25:49 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld ( "This world's divided into two kinds of people: the hunter and the hunted. Luckily I'm the hunter.)
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To: sonofstrangelove
Where does the Solar System “end” or where interstellar space “begin”?

Well, there is no sign or solar system border line, but it's generally thought to be beyond the orbit of Pluto...It's up for debate...lol

That being said, the gravitational influence of the sun is estimated to reach approximately two light years out. Give or take.

38 posted on 12/23/2009 10:48:50 PM PST by dragnet2
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