Vi fant 3 definisjoner av solar system på engelsk.
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| solar system - the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field | ||
| scheme, system an elaborate and systematic plan of action | ||
| heliosphere the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system | ||
| globe, earth, world a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented | ||
| interplanetary medium interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and dust | ||
| jupiter the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky | ||
| edgeworth-kuiper belt, kuiper belt a disk-shaped region of minor planets outside the orbit of Neptune | ||
| red planet, mars a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color; "Mars has two satellites" | ||
| mercury temperature measured by a mercury thermometer; "the mercury was falling rapidly" | ||
| minor planet, planetoid any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun | ||
| neptune a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants; "the existence of Neptune was predicted from perturbations in the orbit of Uranus and it was then identified in 1846" | ||
| outer planet (astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) | ||
| major planet, planet (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction | ||
| pluto a small planet and the farthest known planet from the sun; it has the most elliptical orbit of all the planets; "Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930" | ||
| saturn a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun | ||
| sun the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system; "the sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system"; "the Earth revolves around the Sun" | ||
| uranus a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green color and many satellites; "Uranus was discovered by William Herschel in 1781" | ||