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I'm confused, are you saying there's only one solar system because we've only really named our planetary system the "solar system" ?
Not to be rude but that seems pedantic because there's more than one definition and according to Merriam Webster
Meanwhile, elsewhere on the same site, over here https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/other-solar-systems/en/ says:
Genuinely curious to learn as I do not know a lot about this stuff and feel like I am missing something?
This is a case of a term that was until recently specific but is now becoming a more general term.
While planets orbiting other stars has been talked about for centuries, it is only in the past few decades that we have been able to confirm their existence.
So, up until then Solar system was a term that described our solar system as it was the only one known to exist.
There's only one solar system in the universe as it is the system of Sol (the Sun), our local star.
Other terms such as solar mass, solar wind, solar nebula, solar atmosphere, and solar flare likewise relate to Sol.
Yes, there's only one solar system in the universe as it is the system of Sol (the Sun), our local star.
Other terms such as solar mass, solar wind, solar nebula, solar atmosphere, and solar flare likewise relate to Sol.