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It'd be nice to call it a stellar system for consistency, but that already means a group of interacting stars. Planetary system or exoplanetary system seems to

• sdrothrock 11y ago
  Huh, "planetary system" wouldn't been my first choice. By analogy, if a solar system is a system about the Sun, a planetary system would seem to me to be a system about a planet e.g. Jupiter and its moons.
  • jessriedel 11y ago
    Maybe "planetary system" is a system of planets, but a "planet system", like the "Jupiter system", would be the system for a single planet. That would make "stellar system" sensible too. Furthermore, a planetary system associated with a single star is a "star system". One more option: "exosolar system".
    • sdrothrock 11y ago
      That makes a lot of sense!
    • em3rgent0rdr 11y ago
      How about a "star+planet(s) system". Unambiguous, but can't easily pronounce.
  • restalis 11y ago
    Nitpicks: First, I would call it the Solar System. (Not any solar system, mind you.) That would be in line with existing nomenclature in which the Solar System¹ is the name of our planetary system². Second, "moon" is not the best term (although I know it's in use like a lot of other "liberal English" words) and I would prefer "(natural) satellite"³ for this generic meaning and leave "moon" for the (Earth's) Moon⁴. ¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System ² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_system ³ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_satellite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_satellite ⁴ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon