A star (as the Sun) together with a group of celestial bodies that are held by its attraction and that revolve around it.
The sun, the planets that travel around the sun, and all the other objects that travel around the planets and the sun.
planets and bodies that orbit the sun and any group comprising a central star and orbiting planets.
The sun and all the objects that are held in its gravitational field and move around it.
The group of planets, comets, and asteroids that orbit the Sun and give a gravitational pull that dominates space in all directions.
a star with the group of heavenly bodies that revolve around it; especially the Sun with the planets, asteroids, comets, and meteors that orbit it
A star, and its associated planets and their moons, asteroids, comets, and meteoroids, and interplanetary dust and gas that are held by the star's gravity and orbit around it. More about the solar system...
The Sun, the nine planets and any other celestial bodies that orbit the Sun.
The Sun, with the group of celestial bodies which, held by the sunÕs attraction, revolve around it. The system includes the major planets, with their satellites; the minor planets, asteroids, comets, and meteoroids.
the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field
a group of planets and other objects (comets, asteroids, etc
a name we give to a star and its family of planets, moons, asteroids, meteors and comets
see related section] the sun with the group of celestial bodies that are held by its attraction and revolve around it.
The sun and everything that orbits it, including the planets, their moons, asteroids, and comets.
the combination of a star, its surrounding planets, asteroids, comets, dust, etc.
The name of the moving group of objects that orbit our Sun. These include the nine planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto), their moons, asteriods, comets, and other space debris. (See A Scale Model of the Solar System).
The Sun and the objects orbiting it, including the planets, asteroids and comets.
The system of the Sun and the planets, their satellites, the minor planets, comets, meteoroids, and other objects revolving around the Sun.
A star and the non-luminous objects associated with it, which may include brown dwarfs, planets, asteroids, and comets.
The solar system is made up of all the planets and other bodies that orbit the sun. This includes nine planets, a large belt of asteroids, and many comets. The Solar System
The sun and its attendant planets, their moons, asteroids, dust, and comets, bound to the sun by gravitation.
The Sun and the collection of celestial bodies that orbit it. These include the nine planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) and their 60 moons, the asteroid belt, the comets and the Kuiper belt.
the sun and the bodies that move in orbit around it.
the name given to the sun and all planets, satellites, comets, asteriods, and meteroids which travel in orbit around the sun. The boundaries of the solar system's known planets fit within a sphere 50 AU in radius. Beyond that is the Oort Cloud containing trillions of sparcely-spread icy comets. The Oort comet belt extends to a distance of 100,000 AU. Beyond that, the nearest waypoint is the star system, Alpha Centauri.
A star together with the planets, moons, asteroids, comets and dust which orbit it.
We live in the Solar System. It consists of the Sun, 10 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Xena), satellites (e.g. the Moon), an asteroid belt and probably some dust
The system made up of the sun, planets, satellites, comets, asteroids, meteoroids, and interplanetary dust and gas
The Sun and all the objects bound to it by gravity (planets, satellites, asteroids, comets).
Everything that revolves around the sun; planets, moons, asteroids.
The Sun and its associated planets and their moons, and all other objects that are held by the Sun’s gravity and orbit around it.
the system containing the sun and all the smaller bodies in orbit around it
the region within which the Sun, and all the planets and other bodies that travel around it, move.
The collection of planets, asteroids, comets, debris, etc. that are in orbit around our Sun.
The Sun and other bodies associated with it: the nine planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) and their moons, as well as comets, asteroids and dust and gas.
the system dominated by the Sun and including the Planets, Minor Planets, Comets, planetary satellites and interplanetary debris that travel in orbits around the Sun.
The Sun and all of the planets, comets, etc. which revolve around it.
A solar system is a group of planets, moons, asteroids, and comets that orbit around a sun. In our solar system, nine planets, over 61 moons, and many other objects orbit around our Sun.
Our Sun and all the objects that orbit around it, including planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids. Saturn (Planet)
the sun and everything that moves around it, including the planets, comets and asteroids.
The collection of 1 star, 9 planets, 60+ moons, and innumerable smaller objects (asteroids, comets, and meteoroids) orbiting about the Sun; both the Sun and Earth are members of the Solar System.
a sun/star with a group of celestial bodies (meteors, comets, planets, asteroids) that are held in orbit around it by means of gravitational attraction.
The Sun and its planets, astroids, comets and so on.
The Sun and its surrounding matter, including asteroids, comets, planets and moons, held together by the Sun's gravitational influence.
The Sun and the family of celestial bodies which revolve around it as it journeys through space and time. It includes the known planets and their satellites, the numerous asteroids orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, plus the comets, meteoroids, the Kuiper Belt containing the icy Centaurs, the solar wind, dust, gases and radiant energies of the interplanetary medium, along with the various hypothetical planets such as Trans-Pluto (Bacchus). It is bounded at its outer extremities by the limit of the Sun's gravitational and magnetic influence (heliosphere) at a distance of approx 100 AU from the centre of the Sun. Here the solar wind meets the interstellar medium.
The Solar System or solar systemCapitalization of the name varies. The IAU, the authoritative body regarding astronomical nomenclature, specifies http://www.iau.org/SPELLING_OF_NAMES.240.0.html capitalizing the names of all individual astronomical objects (Solar System). However, the name is commonly rendered in lower case (solar system) including in the Oxford English Dictionary, http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/solar%20system Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate Dictionary, and http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110143 Encyclopædia Britannica. comprises the Sun and the retinue of celestial objects gravitationally bound to it: the eight planets, their 162 known moons, three currently identified dwarf planets and their four known moons, and thousands of small bodies.
