The solar system
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I can describe the main features of the solar system.
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The solar system includes the Sun, eight planets, dwarf planets and bands of smaller rocks.
The planets, dwarf planets and bands of smaller rocks all move the same way around the Sun as they orbit it.
Most planets in the solar system are orbited by one or more moons.
Each moon orbits a planet because of the gravitational attraction between it and the planet.
Each planet in the solar system orbits the Sun because of the gravitational attraction between it and the Sun.
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