To provide defense against these sporadic attacks, the early settlers erected a series of forts in the area. Wood's Fort guarded the Forks-of-the-River just downstream from Newport, and McCoy's Fort and Whitson's Fort defended the area to the south.
The Solar System formed 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a giant interstellar molecular cloud. The vast majority of the system's mass is in the Sun, with most of the remaining mass contained in Jupiter.
One journey of our solar system around the center of the Milky Way galaxy is sometimes called a cosmic year. Thatâs approximately 225-250 million years. The planets in our solar system orbit around the sun. One orbit of the Earth takes one year.Meanwhile, our entire solar system orbits the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Our sun and solar system move at about 800 thousand kilometers an hour â thatâs about 500 thousand miles an hour â in this huge orbit.ne journey of our solar system around the center of the Milky Way galaxy is sometimes called a cosmic year. Thatâs approximately 225-250 million years. The planets in our solar system orbit around the sun. One orbit of the Earth takes one year.