As far as the planets are concerned, the solar system could be described as a thin rotating disk because
A) all the planets orbit in nearly the same plane despite orbiting in different directions.
B) all the planets orbit in nearly the same plane and orbit in the same direction.
C) all the planets orbit in the same direction but in very different planes.
D) all the planets have orbits that are very tilted with respect to each other and orbit in different directions.

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The solar system is often described as a thin rotating disk because all the planets orbit the Sun in nearly the same plane, known as the ecliptic plane, and they all orbit in the same direction (counterclockwise when viewed from above the North Pole).

As Far as the Planets Are Concerned, the Solar System