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Overview of the Solar System

The solar system consists of the sun, eight planets, satellites, stars, asteroids, and meteoroids. The sun is a star and the center of the solar system, providing light and heat. The eight planets, which include Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, orbit the sun in elliptical paths, while Pluto is now classified as a dwarf planet.

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Overview of the Solar System

The solar system consists of the sun, eight planets, satellites, stars, asteroids, and meteoroids. The sun is a star and the center of the solar system, providing light and heat. The eight planets, which include Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, orbit the sun in elliptical paths, while Pluto is now classified as a dwarf planet.

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THE SOLAR SYSTEM

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The sun, eight planets, satellite, stars and some other celestial bodies known as
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PLANETS :-
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The word planet is accurate from the Greek word "planetai" that means wanderers.
Our solar system has eight planets are there are- Mercury, Venus, Earth Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. all of these eight planets of solar system move around
the sun in fixed paths. These paths are elongated/ elliptical paths. they are called

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Until August 2006, Pluto was also a planet. But now it's called only a celestial body
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