solar system

Noun
  1. The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field (synset 109462337)
    is a type of: scheme, system - a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
    member holonym:
    • earth, globe, world - the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
    • jupiter - the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky
    • edgeworth-kuiper belt, kuiper belt - a disk-shaped region of minor planets outside the orbit of Neptune
    • mars, red planet - a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
    • mercury - the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
    • minor planet, planetoid - any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun
    • neptune - a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants
    • outer planet - (astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)
    • major planet, planet - (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
    • pluto - a large asteroid that was once thought to be the farthest known planet from the sun; it has an elliptical orbit
    • saturn - a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun
    • sun - the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
    • uranus - a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green color and many satellites
    • venus - the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'
    has: interplanetary medium - interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and dust
    is a part of: heliosphere - the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system

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