Planets of the Solar System

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Why is it Called the Solar System?

There are many planetary systems like ours in the universe, with planets orbiting a host star.
Our planetary system is called “the solar system” because we use the word “solar” to describe
things related to our star, after the Latin word for Sun, "solis".


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