What Is The Solar What Is The Solar System?System?

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What is The Solar System?What is The Solar System?

The Solar system is a gigantic place that contains our planets including Earth, asteroids, comets and dwarf planets.

You may not know this but we actually live in the Solar System.

What happens in the Solar System?What happens in the Solar System?

The sun is in the middle of our Solar system. The sun is in the middle of our Solar system. The planets spin anti clock wise. We don’t feel The planets spin anti clock wise. We don’t feel

it because of a force that keeps us from it because of a force that keeps us from floating around.floating around.

That force also keeps our connection with the That force also keeps our connection with the moon.moon.

That force is called Gravity.That force is called Gravity.

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Eight known planets and their moons, along Eight known planets and their moons, along with comets, asteroids, and other space objects with comets, asteroids, and other space objects orbit the Sun.orbit the Sun.

The Sun is the biggest object in our solar The Sun is the biggest object in our solar system. It contains more than 99% of the solar system. It contains more than 99% of the solar system's mass.system's mass.

Astronomers think the solar systemAstronomers think the solar system is more is more than 4 billion years old. than 4 billion years old.

Interesting fact!Interesting fact!

The word “Solar” means Sun!The word “Solar” means Sun! Also the word “Lunar” Means moon.Also the word “Lunar” Means moon.