Question

Why is it called a "solar system?"

Answer 1

All these things together are called a system. The Latin word for the Sun is Sol, so we call this system the Solar System. ... He showed that it was very likely that all the planets moved around the Sun. This time even more people thought Galileo may be right and that the Earth really did move around the Sun.

Answer 2

The sun ,the moon, the stars,the 8 planets (mercury,Venus,earth,mars,Jupiter,Saturn, Uranus , Neptune) ,the asteroids, the comets, meteoroids. All together known as solar system.

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