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solar system

 
pronunciation:
so lr sI stm
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part of speech: noun
definition: When we talk about the solar system, we are usually talking about the sun, the earth, the moon, and all the other things in space that travel around the sun. Our solar system has eight planets and many moons. The sun is just one star, though. Other stars in space have solar systems too. They also have planets and moons and other things that travel around them.
Our solar system has eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
 
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