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What does 'system' mean as in the 'solar system'?

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Generically a "system" can be described as group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole.

The sun, its planets and their moons are all a balls of matter held together by (or interacting by means of) gravity. As such they form a "system" as with the above definition.

This system is called the "solar system" because the largest member of the system the Sun (which makes up over 99% of all the matter in the system) is a star called "Sol" and therefore the system is named after it - solar system.

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