How to Use solar system in a Sentence

solar system

noun

• 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
• Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system and the closest to the sun.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2022
• 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
• It’s hurtling inward from the edge of our solar system.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 14 Apr. 2022
• 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
• Four planets in our solar system will appear to line up in the sky.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 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
• But later in the month, a fourth planet comes around the solar system and into view: Jupiter.
  — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 12 Apr. 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
• The visit was short; Uranus was one stop on the mission’s grand tour of the solar system, and the probe made its observations while on the move.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2022
• Comets are relics from the early days of the solar system, icy leftover pieces from when the planets were forming.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 Apr. 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
• More than twice as massive as every other planet in our solar system combined, Jupiter is immense.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
• For spectators, total solar eclipses – such as the one that dazzled millions in April across North America – represent moments to be awed by the majesty of our solar system.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024