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  1. Newsgroups: sci.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!mips!sdd.hp.com!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!noao!muller
  3. From: muller@noao.edu (Beatrice Muller)
  4. Subject: Re: query
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug25.165045.863@noao.edu>
  6. Sender: news@noao.edu
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: gemini.tuc.noao.edu
  8. Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ, USA
  9. References: <BtJKqG.I1p@world.std.com>
  10. Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 16:50:45 GMT
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  13. In article <BtJKqG.I1p@world.std.com> fhapgood@world.std.com (Fred Hapgood) writes:
  14. >What other names does our solar system have besides 'the solar
  15. >system'?  Our sun is called Sol and our galaxy the Milky Way,
  16. >and presumably both have professional identifiers as well that specify
  17. >a relationship to a class of objects of interest to astronomers.
  18. >(Which I would also like to know; what do astronomers call 'Sol'?)
  19. >                                                          ^^^^^^^
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  21. The Sun.
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  24. Beatrice
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