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Solar System
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The Sun and objects orbiting it
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The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it. It formed about 4.6 billion years ago when a dense region of a molecular cloud collapsed, forming the Sun and a protoplanetary disc. The Sun is a typical star that maintains a balanced equilibrium by the fusion of hydrogen into helium at its core,...

Instance of
Planetary system
Part of
Local Interstellar Cloud
Location
inner and outer Solar System
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