the solar systemnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈsəʊ.lə ˌsɪs.təm/us/ˈsoʊ.lɚ ˌsɪs.təm/the sun and the group of planets that move around it
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Astronomy
- asteroid
- astral
- astro-
- astrolabe
- astronomer
- geostationary orbit
- gibbous
- heavenly body
- interplanetary
- interstellar
- planetoid
- Pleiades
- plough
- Pluto
- Polaris
- Uranus
- Venus
- vernal equinox
- wane
- white dwarf
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- Beyond the limits of the solar system, we can only watch from a distance.
- Launched within weeks of each other in 1977, each Voyager has been traveling in a different direction through the solar system at approximately 500 million kilometers per year.
- They brought us the first pictures of Saturn and Neptune and are now reaching the limits of the solar system.