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solar system
The sun and all the celestial bodies that orbit it, including the eight planets, their moons, asteroids, and comets.
太陽系 is the solar system — our sun and all the celestial bodies that orbit it.
Forms
太陽 (sun) + 系 (system). The 系 suffix creates system-related compounds:
Common collocations
- 太陽系の惑星: planets of the solar system
- 太陽系の外: outside the solar system
- 太陽系外惑星: exoplanet
- 太陽系の起源: origin of the solar system
The eight planets
Related Words
Related:
太陽 (sun)
Related:
宇宙 (universe, cosmos, space)
Compare:
冥王星 (Pluto (dwarf planet))