Solar System
See also: solar system and Solar system
English
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Alternative forms
- Solar system, solar system
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsəʊl.ə ˌsɪs.təm/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊ.lɚ ˌsɪs.təm/
Proper noun
the Solar System
- (astronomy) The Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it, including the eight planets, their moons, the asteroids, and comets.
- November 2, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson, The President: November 1968. MP902 (1280x720), Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, 5:32 from the start:
- This morning we are celebrating a beginning. A beginning of what we think is great promise. It's the opening of a new era in the history of manned space flight. We are ready to take that first great step out into the Solar System and onto the surface of the nearest of the many mysterious worlds that surround us in Space.
Hypernyms
- star system
Hyponyms
- Inner Solar System
- Outer Solar System
Meronyms
- See also Thesaurus:Solar System
Translations
the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it
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Further reading
- Solar System on Wikipedia.Wikipedia