Solar System
"Solar System" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The group of celestial bodies, including the EARTH, orbiting around and gravitationally bound by the sun. It includes eight planets, one minor planet, and 34 natural satellites, more than 1,000 observed comets, and thousands of lesser bodies known as MINOR PLANETS (asteroids) and METEOROIDS. (From Academic American Encyclopedia, 1983)
| Descriptor ID |
D016082
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.060.249.730
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