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3 days agoWhy does it say “Earth’s Solar System” when the Solar System is clearly named after the Sun (i.e. the system of Sol)?
Stars in other stellar systems are called stars. There’s only one star in the universe named the Sun, and its system is the only Solar System in the universe. The same is true for solar wind (vs. stellar wind), solar mass, solar day, solar radius, etc. — all of these terms refer to Sol, a.k.a. the Sun.