HACKER Q&A
📣 sans_souse

Why don't we have a name for our solar system?


Why don't we have a name for our solar system?


  👤 tene80i Accepted Answer ✓
The name for our solar system is “Solar System”, after our sun, Sol.

👤 admissionsguy
You mean the System of America?

👤 sans_souse
It just strikes me as inconsistent, and I would imagine it's frustrating as a scientist when you need to reference it and distinguish between the concept/category vs "the place"

👤 proc0
I propose Solaris.