The Earth, the Sun, and the seven other planets that are in orbit around the Sun are part of A. A constellation. B. A solar system. C. A black hole. D. A star cluster.

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The Earth, the Sun, and the seven other planets that are in orbit around the Sun are part of A. A constellation. B. A solar system. C. A black hole. D. A star cluster.

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Hall · Answer 1

B. A solar system

Explanation:

A solar system is a system consisting of a sun and the planets orbiting around the stars.

In our case, the star at the centre of the system is the Sun, while the Earth and all the other seven planets orbit around the Sun. The planets of our solar system are, in order from the closest to the farthest from the Sun:

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Julius Arroyo · Answer 2

B. A solar system.

The Earth, the Sun, and the seven other planets that are in orbit around the Sun are part of a solar system. The planets in our solar system are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Our solar system also contains all of the meteoroids, asteroids, and comets that are in orbit around the Sun and all of the moons that orbit the eight planets.