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Ours is the only Solar system, because our star is named Sol. Other star systems have other names.

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The “Sol” name is actually more of a science-fiction, pop-culture thing. It’s just called “the Sun”. “Solar” comes from latin Solaris, meaning “pertaining to the sun”, “sol” itself meaning “sun”.

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Well in some languages other than English the sun is actually called “Sol”.

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Oh, I believe you. It’s most likely because of the shared Latin root. The comment I was responding to was in English, though.

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Better Call Sol

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Your MamaSystem

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