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Solar System: The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field.

Galaxy: A collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust.

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A Galaxy has stars and dust and a solar system is in the Galaxy and is a group of planets orbiting the sun

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A solar system can be contained within a galaxy.

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What is the difference between your solar system your galaxy and the universe?

A solar system is a single star in this case the SunA galaxy is an area in the universeA universe is every thing.


What is a solar system or a galaxy?

Solar system is a system not a galaxy. It is located in Milky Way galaxy.


Is the solar system about halfway between the center of the Milky Way galaxy and its outer edge?

The solar system is the Milky Way galaxy, Earth, and all other planets and galaxies are the solar system.


What is the relationship between a solar system and a galaxy?

A single star and its planets - a solar system - are a tiny part of a galaxy. It is like one cell from your body.


Is a comet in the solar system or the galaxy?

A comet is in a solar system. A solar system is in a galaxy, so technically a comet is also in a galaxy.


What are the differences between a galaxy and a solar system?

A solar system consists of one or two stars and one or more planets. A galaxy consists of numerous stars/solar systems.


Is the galaxy apart of the solar system?

No. The solar system is part of the galaxy.


What do you call the tiny part of our galaxy in our solar system?

"Our solar system." The "part of our galaxy" that's in our solar system is the solar system.


What is the distance between the solar system and your home galaxy?

2561


is star galaxy pulsar part of solar system?

Our solar system is in a galaxy called the Milky Way. There are pulsars in our galaxy, but not in our solar system.


Which is larger our solar system or a galaxy?

A galaxy. Our solar system, along with billions of others, is in our galaxy.


What is the galaxy your solar system is located in?

Our solar system is in the Milky Way galaxy