We live in a solar system because it is named after the central star which is the Sun. Latin for sun is Sol. But the galaxy we are in is the Milky Way.
The Sun and the eight planets are collectively called the solar system. If you want a funny answer, we tend to call these nine celestial objects the Solar system because we don't want to waste our precious time and energy calling them 'the Sun and the eight planets'. Your serious answer is: anything related to the Sun is termed solar. The planets are asscociated with the sun as they revolve around it, along with the many asteroids. Thus they form a solar system.
EXTRA INFO There are two asteroid belts in our solar system--one belt defining the boundary between the solid planets and the gaseous ones, and the second defining the boundary of the entire system and distinguishing it from the many other systems in our area of the Milky Way.
Because "Sol" is a name for our Sun. Sol, Solar, get it? Sol is pronounced Soll not Soul, though.
A:The Latin word for "Sun" is "sol"; so "solar" means "about the Sun". The Sun and the things that move around the Sun are the "solar system"; all the things in the system of the Sun.Well, it's not just the planets. Our Solar System consists of the sun, the planets, an asteroid belt, and all the planets' moons. Solar means Sun, so Solar System means Sun System, cause the planets revolve around the sun.
We call our planetary system, "The Solar System", because all of the planets are bound by the Sun's gravity. The correct name for our sun is actually "Sol", which is what the name, "The SOLar System" refers to.
it is called the solar system because we revalve around the sun. sol means sun. solar power is energy from the sun
Earth's galaxy is not called the solar system. It is called the Milky Way. Our solar system is one of many solar systems in the Milky Way.
Because everything in it rotates around the center, most massive object: the sun. One name of which is Sol.
The Latin word for "Sun" is "Sol", so the word "solar" means "concerning the Sun". So, the system of planets around the Sun is the "solar system". Solar=Sun is the rounded up answer.
A Solar system. Earth is a part of the Milky way Solar system.
The phrase solar system is derived from the Latin words "sol" meaning sun and "solaris" meaning of the sun.
TRUE!!!! All the planets in the Solar system including Earth orbit the Sun, in ellipses. The Sun lies at one of the foci of these ellipses, NOT the centre. So the Sun is NOT at the 'dead' centre of the Solar system.
The Sun and it's eight major planets are part of the solar system. Our solar system also contains 5 dwarf planets (as of 2017) and more than 700,000 minor planets and other objects.
If you are talking about the planets that orbit our sun, that is called the solar system.
The solar system.
It is called the solar system
The Latin word for sun is sol so solar would represent the sun and system would be all the eight planets.
The Solar System.
The Latin word for "Sun" is "Sol", so the word "solar" means "concerning the Sun". So, the system of planets around the Sun is the "solar system". Solar=Sun is the rounded up answer.
A Solar system. Earth is a part of the Milky way Solar system.
The phrase solar system is derived from the Latin words "sol" meaning sun and "solaris" meaning of the sun.
The Solar System. Multiple solar systems make up Galaxies.
The Sun and the eight major planets are part of our solar system.
It is called the solar system. Except that the sun has only 8 planets.
TRUE!!!! All the planets in the Solar system including Earth orbit the Sun, in ellipses. The Sun lies at one of the foci of these ellipses, NOT the centre. So the Sun is NOT at the 'dead' centre of the Solar system.