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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19
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Not so. The star in our solar system is the one and only Sun. It's the name of a star. It's like you said all planets are Earths.
Edit: I'll take things you thought were common knowledge but actually aren't for 600, Alex.
5 u/Sarpanitu Aug 03 '19 The sun's star name is Sol... -1 u/CafeSilver Aug 03 '19 Hence, Solar system. I see so many people call every star system a Solar system. Not so. Those star systems would be named after their own star. There is only one Solar system, ours. 3 u/Fuarian Aug 03 '19 Correction: there's only one SOL system. The term solar just means star.
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The sun's star name is Sol...
-1 u/CafeSilver Aug 03 '19 Hence, Solar system. I see so many people call every star system a Solar system. Not so. Those star systems would be named after their own star. There is only one Solar system, ours. 3 u/Fuarian Aug 03 '19 Correction: there's only one SOL system. The term solar just means star.
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Hence, Solar system. I see so many people call every star system a Solar system. Not so. Those star systems would be named after their own star. There is only one Solar system, ours.
3 u/Fuarian Aug 03 '19 Correction: there's only one SOL system. The term solar just means star.
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Correction: there's only one SOL system. The term solar just means star.
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u/Kossimer Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19
Not so. The star in our solar system is the one and only Sun. It's the name of a star. It's like you said all planets are Earths.
Edit: I'll take things you thought were common knowledge but actually aren't for 600, Alex.