The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the planets or cosmic objects that orbit it. In simple words, it is the collection of eight planets and their moons, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.
Our planetary system is located in an outer spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy. Our planetary system is called as “solar system” because Sun hosts the solar system and Sun is the center of our planetary system and everything around the system revolves within the gravitational force of the sun. According to NASA, Our Sun is named Sol, after the Latin word for Sun, “Solis,” and anything related to the Sun we call “solar.”
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