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objects in our solar system orbit which object? * image shows a solar system diagram with planets (venus, mercury, earth, mars), a comet (c/2013 a1 (siding spring)), dates (oct. 19, 2014), and distances (earth distance: 1.61 au, sun distance: 1.403 au). options: the milky way galaxy, the sun, the moon, the earth
In our Solar System, the Sun is the central star with the most mass, exerting a strong gravitational pull. Planets, asteroids, comets, and other objects in the Solar System orbit around the Sun. The Milky Way galaxy is a larger structure containing the Solar System, the Moon orbits Earth, and Earth is a planet that orbits the Sun, not the center of the Solar System's orbital system for most objects.
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B. The Sun