What+is+the+Solar+System?

What is a Solar System? A solar system is a star being orbited by planets, asteroids, comets, dust and gas. Our solar system is made up of one star, the Sun, eight planets and three dawrf planets. The solar system is divided into different parts. There is the inner part with the sun and the four inner planets. Then there is the asteroid belt which is made up of space rocks. Some of them are big like the dwarf planet Ceres and some are as small as a grain of sand.     Where is ou r solar system located? Our solar system is located in the Milky Way galaxy. The milky way has several major arms such as the Perseus Arm and the Centaurus Arm. The arm we are located on is called the Orion Spur. Orion Spur is a minor arm on the outer part of the galaxy.

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