Cosmogony
type: Concept
related: Solar system

Interplanetary medium
type: Concept
broader: Solar system

Oort cloud
type: Concept
broader: Solar system

Dwarf planets
type: Concept
broader: Solar system

Space weather
type: Concept
broader: Solar system

Asteroid belt
type: Concept
broader: Solar system

Exoplanet systems
type: Concept
related: Solar system

Small Solar System bodies
type: Concept
broader: Solar system

Planetary rings
type: Concept
broader: Solar system

Meteoroids
type: Concept
broader: Solar system

Solar system astronomy
type: Concept
narrower: Solar system

Natural satellites (Solar system)
type: Concept
broader: Solar system

The Sun
type: Concept
broader: Solar system

Solar system
type: Concept
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modified: 2020-11-19T16:00:07.155Z
related: Solar system evolution
related: Exoplanet systems
related: Solar system formation
related: Cosmogony
narrower: The Moon
narrower: Solar system planets
narrower: Interplanetary medium
narrower: Solar neighbourhood
narrower: The Sun
narrower: Asteroid belt
narrower: Heliosphere
narrower: Space weather
narrower: Kuiper belt
narrower: Oort cloud
narrower: Small Solar System bodies
narrower: Planetary rings
narrower: Dwarf planets
narrower: Meteoroids
narrower: Natural satellites (Solar system)
definition: The collective name for the Sun and all objects gravitationally bound to it. These objects are the eight planets, their 166 known moons, five dwarf planets, and billions of small bodies. The small bodies include asteroids, icy Kuiper belt objects, comets, meteoroids, and interplanetary dust. The solar system is roughly a sphere with a radius greater than 100,000 AU. Planets, satellites, and all interplanetary material together comprise only about 1/750 of the total mass. Geochemical dating methods show that the solar system chemically isolated itself from the rest of the Galaxy (4.7 ± 0.1) x 10^9 years ago.
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contributor: AAS Frey.Katie
broader: Solar system astronomy

Solar system evolution
type: Concept
related: Solar system

Solar system formation
type: Concept
related: Solar system

The Moon
type: Concept
broader: Solar system

Solar system planets
type: Concept
broader: Solar system

Solar neighbourhood
type: Concept
preferred label: Solar neighborhood
broader: Solar system

Heliosphere
type: Concept
broader: Solar system

Kuiper belt
type: Concept
broader: Solar system