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Name our Solar System
This might be a really dumb question, but I've been doing some reading
for fun and have come to understand the following... Our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy which has a whole bunch of other solar systems in it, closest being Alpha Centauri. So what is the name of our Solar System? It seems like a simple question, but I can't find the answer. Is it Sol? Thanks. |
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It's called Solar.
As opposed to the GJ 380 system or the LP944-020 system or even the Alpha Centauri system. wrote in message ups.com... This might be a really dumb question, but I've been doing some reading for fun and have come to understand the following... Our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy which has a whole bunch of other solar systems in it, closest being Alpha Centauri. So what is the name of our Solar System? It seems like a simple question, but I can't find the answer. Is it Sol? Thanks. |
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ups.com... This might be a really dumb question, but I've been doing some reading for fun and have come to understand the following... Our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy which has a whole bunch of other solar systems in it, closest being Alpha Centauri. So what is the name of our Solar System? It seems like a simple question, but I can't find the answer. Is it Sol? Thanks. The name is "Bob". |
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Youve got it - the "Solar" system. Only one "Sol" and only one
"Sola" and only one "Solar" ... that's us, third row seat 3B. Get to the popcorn stand early before Inflation sets in. wrote: This might be a really dumb question, but I've been doing some reading for fun and have come to understand the following... Our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy which has a whole bunch of other solar systems in it, closest being Alpha Centauri. So what is the name of our Solar System? It seems like a simple question, but I can't find the answer. Is it Sol? Thanks. |
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Our Solar System is called the "Solar System", as simple as that.
Or maybe you would prefer to call it the "Sun System", since that the central star is named as "Sun" in English. Of course, as it already been mentioned, the "Sol System" is a favourite calling used by many Sci-Fi stories. |
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wrote in message
ups.com... This might be a really dumb question, but I've been doing some reading for fun and have come to understand the following... Our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy which has a whole bunch of other solar systems in it, closest being Alpha Centauri. So what is the name of our Solar System? It seems like a simple question, but I can't find the answer. Is it Sol? Thanks. Perhaps someday it will be the "Robert C. Byrd Planetary System." http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?..._byrddroppings |
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goo.
I'm not sure "Solar System" is solid. After all, most popular articles about other planetary systems refer to "other solar systems". When you get right down to it, "Sol" just means "sun", so other "sun systems" doesn't seem like an inappropriate term. There are millions of suns quite like our sun in the milky way. The main object of significance to us is Earth. I think if we expand to "other solar systems" we will refer to this one as "the Terran system," "the Earth solar system" or the "Home system," not "the Solar system." It just sounds too plain. |
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