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Why is the Solar System often referred to as the Sun's family?
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The planets, moon, asteroids, and comets that comprise the Solar System are those that were formed from the interstellar dust that fell into the Sun's gravity well. As such, they are considered part of the Sun's family.
Actually, the Sun was also formed from that same interstellar dust, so the "family", so to speak, is all of the dust that came together, in one form or another, from the effects of gravity.
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Why do you think the solar system is often referred to as the Sun's family?
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Is the sympathetic nervous system is often referred to as the resting and digesting system?
No, the parasympathetic nervous system is referred to as the "rest and digest" system
It is the eighth planet sometimes nineth?
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Is a solar system smaller than a galaxy?
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What are solar system expolers called?
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Why do you think the solar system is often referred to as the Sun's family?
The solar system has 8 planets more than 90 moons and tons of debris that all makes a solar system.A family has mom,dads,aunts,uncles,kids,and grandparents all make a family.Thats why they referre the solar system to the suns family because they both need something to create what they need to
Is the sympathetic nervous system is often referred to as the resting and digesting system?
No, the parasympathetic nervous system is referred to as the "rest and digest" system
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What kind of air surrounds the solar system?
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An atom is often represented as a miniature what?
solar system
What is a laboratory management information system also referred to as?
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Is often referred to as the tendency toward disorders in a system?
Entropy
Operating system is often referred to as the software environment or?
Platform
What is the family name for the element platinum?
It's often referred to as white gold.
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A passive solar heating functions by incorporating building features that absorb heat and then release it slowly to maintain the temperature within the home. These building features, often referred to as thermal mass, may include large windows, stone flooring, and brick walls.
The galaxy in which your solar system is located is called?
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