English > solar system: 1 sense > noun 1, object| Meaning | The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field. |
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| Members | Earth, earth, world, globe | The 3rd planet from the sun |
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| Jupiter | The largest planet and the 5th from the sun |
| Kuiper belt, Edgeworth-Kuiper belt | A disk-shaped region of minor planets outside the orbit of Neptune |
| Mars, Red Planet | A small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye |
| Mercury | The smallest planet and the nearest to the sun |
| Neptune | A giant planet with a ring of ice particles |
| Pluto | A small planet and the farthest known planet from the sun |
| Saturn | A giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles |
| Uranus | A giant planet with a ring of ice particles |
| Venus | The second nearest planet to the sun |
| minor planet, planetoid | Any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun |
| outer planet | (astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) |
| planet, major planet | (astronomy) any of the nine large / large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light |
| sun, Sun | The star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system |
| Part of | heliosphere | The region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system |
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| Parts | interplanetary medium | interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and dust |
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| Broader | system, scheme | A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole |
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| Spanish | sistema solar |
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| Catalan | sistema solar |
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