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Anonymous Fri Jul 1 04:51:00 2011 No.3314664 [Reply] [Original]

How empty is the space between the planets really? It's not a perfect vacuum, is it?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 05:01:00 2011 No.3314699 I believe the average for the solar system went something like 12 particles per cubic meter in the earth's vicinity, raising or lowering as you got closer or farther to/from the sun, or so.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 05:01:00 2011 No.3314700 I believe that there is something around one atom of matter per cubic meter, chemistry teacher taught us this but can't vouch 100% for its accuracy.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 05:03:00 2011 No.3314706 Solar wind, charged particles, magnetic fields, space dust etc... And that's not count the minor planets.