How to Use solar system in a Sentence

solar system

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  • Look to the east at nightfall to spot Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The same is true in a solar system, Cyr-Racine explains.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 1 June 2022
  • Europa might be the best place to search for life elsewhere in the solar system.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Europa’s ocean was the biggest in the solar system and twice the size of Earth’s oceans combined.
    — David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Jupiter is fifth in line from the sun and is by far the largest planet in the solar system, according to NASA.
    — Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2024
  • So, how did Earth end up full of life, Mars cold, dry and dusty — and Venus as the hottest planet in the solar system?
    — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 8 May 2024
  • As likely time capsules from the dawn of the solar system, the Trojans are the targets of the Lucy mission.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system and is even bigger than the planet Mercury.
    — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The clay and minerals from the 4.5 billion-year-old rock had been preserved in space’s deep freeze since the dawn of the solar system.
    — Popular Science, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The ball of ice, rock and dust’s rare journey took it toward Earth from the outer zone of our solar system.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2023
  • If the solar system were full of soup out to Jupiter, things might be okay for some people for a few minutes.
    — Randall Munroe, WIRED, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The solar system’s largest planet this week takes a bow and departs the post-sunset night sky for many months.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Your chart is ruled by Mercury, the fastest-moving planet in the solar system.
    — Narayana Montúfar, Women's Health, 14 Aug. 2023
  • When objects have more mass, the solar system tends to be more closely packed.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 1 June 2022
  • What about the hottest temperatures in the solar system?
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Hit it again, and suddenly that solar system is a blip in a sea of star systems.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, is even bigger than Mercury and the dwarf planet Pluto.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The blinding ball of white earned the moon the title of the most reflective planetary body in the solar system.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Quasars shine as bright as a trillion stars bundled into a space about the size of Earth’s solar system.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2023
  • Jupiter now the most moons in our solar system Satellite | Did SpaceX cause this weird glowing spiral in the night sky?
    — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system, bigger even than the planet Mercury.
    — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 8 Dec. 2022
  • It is ruled by Mercury, is the fastest planet in the solar system, making its orbit around the Sun in a mere 88 Earth days.
    — Emily Newhouse, Allure, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The contract should also include the license numbers of the contractor and the sales agent who sold you the solar system.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • With billions and billions of planets in the Milky Way, there may be life outside of our solar system.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2023
  • Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet, will be located slightly above it to the left.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Pair an electric truck with a home solar system, the thinking goes, and a family could keep the lights on for days or even weeks.
    — Ivan Penn, New York Times, 16 July 2023
  • With the recent discovery of 12 new moons around Jupiter, the gas giant now reigns supreme as the planet with the most moons in our solar system.
    — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Although men have landed on the moon and probes have been sent outside the solar system, so much is left to explore.
    — Maria Gutierrez, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2022
  • Out in space, desperately seeking a friend on the other side of the solar system.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Actor Lupita Nyong’o narrates the trip, teaching us about each part of our solar system in turn.
    — Abbey Stone, SELF, 31 Oct. 2024

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