By definition "The Solar System" is The Sun and all the objects in orbit around it. (Sol = Sun)
However, it has been broadened to encompass "any collection of heavenly bodies". There are now known to be over 83 verified planets orbiting a star, with over 257 possible candidates. [See related link for a list].
Wikipedia lists 16 planetary systems other than the solar system.
No
No, the solar system is just the same give to the system of planets which orbit the Sun. There are millions of similar systems in this galaxy and there are millions of galaxies in the universe.
I suppose that you think to a "solar flare".Coronal mass ejections are bigger than solar flares.
The Moon is about 3.7 times smaller than the Earth
It is smaller than Earth.
All stars are smaller than Solar Systems. A star is what keeps everything withen a system with it's immense gravitational pull. Stars also vary in size from giant superstars to small dwarf stars our Sun, Sol, is a midsized middle aged star.
Yes, there are several.
The other galaxies around ours and their contents.
Well the universe in infinitely large with plenty of other solar systems, so to believe that life started on some other planet than ours somewhere out there isn't wrong. Whether they are more advanced then us is another thought.
Other Worlds Than Ours was created in 2005.
Galaxies are larger than solar systems. Galaxies contain solar systems.
Other Worlds Than Ours has 580 pages.
No. Our solar system is in the Milky Way Galaxy and it is just one of billions of other systems in it.
OUR solar system has only one star, but there are other solar systems which have more than one
The ISBN of Other Worlds Than Ours is 0-87054-184-6.
Yes
That is backwards, galaxies are much larger than solar systems.
yes