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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Until 1992, astronomers had not discovered any planets beyond the eight in our own solar system. —

Jeffrey Kluger/greenbelt, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025 These budding celestial bodies, otherwise known as planetesimals, are thought to be the initial form of Earth and other planets in the solar system, developing around 4.6 billion years ago as dust particles coalesced. —

Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025 These planets are thought to form farther away from their stars in orbits similar to those of Jupiter and Saturn in our own solar system, before migrating inwards. —

Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Feb. 2025 Asteroids are rocky, airless bodies left over from the formation of the solar system some 4.6 billion years ago. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for solar system