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What is the Solar System?

Solar means to do with the Sun. A system is a group of things. The Solar System consists of the Sun and the planets that revolve around it. The Sun is at the Centre and everything in the Solar System is held together by the Sun's gravitational pull. Our Solar System includes eight planets and their satellites (moons) and a number of smaller bodies including comets, asteroids and meteoroids. We will learn more about those later in this chapter.