solar system
noun
: the sun together with the group of celestial bodies that are held by its attraction and revolve around it
also
: a similar system centered on another star
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Among the research projects to which the telescope in Arizona has contributed is a fifteen-year analysis of objects in the Kuiper Belt, a band of ice-rich asteroids in the distant solar system.
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Along the way, visitors can enjoy exhibits, including the Selena Memorial, which honors Tejano star and Corpus Christi native Selena Quintanilla-Perez, as well as a scale model of the solar system.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
It's thought that many of these could lurk in the Oort cloud, a shell of comets located at the very edge of the solar system.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 July 2025
Unlike the last two space objects that visited our solar system, 3I/ATLAS is racing in on a steep path.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 20 July 2025
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Along the way, visitors can enjoy exhibits, including the Selena Memorial, which honors Tejano star and Corpus Christi native Selena Quintanilla-Perez, as well as a scale model of the solar system.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
It's thought that many of these could lurk in the Oort cloud, a shell of comets located at the very edge of the solar system.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 July 2025
Unlike the last two space objects that visited our solar system, 3I/ATLAS is racing in on a steep path.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 20 July 2025
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“Solar system.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20system. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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