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BMS-IcE-
2002-08-16, 04:06 AM
Whats the name of our Solar System!
Btw I said Solar System not Galaxy!

Sum Yung Guy
2002-08-16, 04:26 AM
SOL

Kidagakash
2002-08-16, 05:08 AM
does it even have a name??? i mean side from The Solar System?

Sum Yung Guy
2002-08-16, 05:15 AM
In EnB its listed as SOL

Chruser
2002-08-16, 05:52 AM
No, Sol is the name of the sun.
Actually, the Greeks called it Helios back in the day.

The solar system doesn't have a name, it's just called the Solar System.

WetWired
2002-08-16, 07:56 AM
It's name is the Solar System, it is the system of planets and other celestial bodies arround Sol. :rolleyes:

Sum Yung Guy
2002-08-16, 08:14 AM
Well it needs a better name...
off topic but WetWired, you pulled a switch! Your avatar is bassackwards.

BMS-IcE-
2002-08-16, 10:50 AM
Most solar systems names are based on the name of their star, and how we were taught the name or our solar system is Sol.

Sum Yung Guy
2002-08-16, 10:52 AM
i win
if i never played Earth and Beyond id just be a whole lot stewpiter wouldnt i

tacoX
2002-08-16, 11:52 AM
I never knew our sun even had a name, thats AMAZ0RING!

WetWired
2002-08-16, 12:19 PM
off topic but WetWired, you pulled a switch! Your avatar is bassackwards.Only if you're not using synthesis. If you use synthesis, it is facing the correct direction.

ViciousMilitia
2002-08-16, 12:58 PM
why doesn't it have a name

BMS-IcE-
2002-08-16, 04:39 PM
The suns name is just that, "Sun" or as some writers put "Sol".
And this is a definition of "Sun" and "Sol"

sun Pronunciation Key (sn)
n.
often Sun A star that is the basis of the solar system and that sustains life on Earth, being the source of heat and light. It has a mean distance from Earth of about 150 million kilometers (93 million miles) a diameter of approximately 1,390,000 kilometers (864,000 miles) and a mass about 330,000 times that of Earth.

Sol Pronunciation Key (sl, sl)
n.
The sun.


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[Middle English, from Latin sl. See swel- in Indo-European Roots.]