According to the scientific consensus, the '''Solar System''' consists of the [[Sun]] and the astronomical objects gravitationally bound in orbit around it. Some scientists claim that all of this was formed from the collapse of a giant "molecular cloud" approximately 4.6 billion years ago.
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According to the scientific consensus, the '''Solar System''' consists of the [[Sun]] and the astronomical objects gravitationally bound in orbit around it. Some scientists claim that the Solar System was formed from the collapse of a giant "molecular cloud" approximately 4.6 billion years ago. [[Creation scientists]] reject this and argue it was created by [[God]] around 4,000 BC.
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[[Creation scientists]] reject this and have shown it was made by [[God]] less than 10,000 years ago.
==Planets==
==Planets==
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==Dwarf planets==
==Dwarf planets==
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A [[dwarf planet]] is an object that orbits the sun and has a round shape, and was defined in 2006. The crucial difference between a planet and a dwarf planet is that a dwarf planet is not large enough to clear the neighborhood of its orbit. Currently recognized dwarf planets are:<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/dwarf-planet</ref>
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A [[dwarf planet]] is an object that orbits the sun and has a round shape and was defined in 2006. The crucial difference between a planet and a dwarf planet is that a dwarf planet is not large enough to clear the neighborhood of its orbit. Currently recognized dwarf planets are:<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/dwarf-planet</ref>