Describe our solar system

Answer 1

The Solar System[a] consists of the Sun and its planetary system of eight planets, their moons, and other non-stellar objects.[b] It formed 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a giant molecular cloud. The vast majority of the system's mass is in the Sun, with most of the remaining mass contained in Jupiter. The four smaller inner planets,Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, also called the terrestrial planets, are primarily composed of rock and metal. The four outer planets, called the gas giants, are substantially more massive than the terrestrials. The two largest, Jupiter andSaturn, are composed mainly of hydrogen and helium; the two outermost planets, Uranus and Neptune, are composed largely of substances with relatively high melting points (compared with hydrogen and helium), called ices, such as water, ammonia and methane, and are often referred to separately as "ice giants". All planets have almost circular orbits that lie within a nearly flat disc called the ecliptic plane.
The solar system could be described the following way.

Our solar system consists of the Sun at it's center. All of the planets in the solar system orbit around the sun.

There are 4 inner planets listed in order of closest to furthest from the sun:

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

There are 4 outer planets listed in order of closest to furthest from the sun:

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

The inner and outer planets are separated by a ring of asteroids known as "The Asteroid Belt"

There are also several Kuiper Belt objects beyond Neptune.

Answer 2

A solar system comprises a star or two, orbited by planets. The solar system in which we exist also contains dwarf planets, meteors and comets and the planets' moons. Solar systems by the very definition of 'solar' must have a star/stars.

Answer 3

The Solar System is a collection of objects all in orbit around the Sun, in

"free fall" under the control of the Sun's gravity.

The sizes vary from as small as you like up to 88,000 miles, the diameter of Jupiter. How long each of them takes to go round the Sun is independent of their size or mass, it only depends on the size of the orbit (i.e. the average distance from the Sun).

Answer 4

The Solar System refers to the Sun and the planets (and their moons) and the other bodies that orbit it... including the asteroids, meteoroids and comets.

Answer 5

The solar system is the region of space that is within the gravitational field of the Sun consisting of planets, satellites, asteroids, and comets.