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 ====== 4.1 The Solar System ======
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 Moving further inward toward the Sun, the scale compresses significantly into the inner solar system, where the rocky terrestrial planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars—reside in a compact, disk-like formation. This region is separated from the outer planets by the main asteroid belt, a collection of rocky fragments that failed to coalesce into a planet during the system's formation. The diagram displays the Trojan asteroids sharing Jupiter's orbit, further demonstrating the complex gravitational resonances that define this area. This entire inner planetary arrangement is shielded by the bow shock, a structure formed by the high-velocity collision between the Sun’s expanding solar wind and the persistent stellar winds of the surrounding interstellar medium.
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