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bikamonki ◴[21 Oct 24 23:55 UTC] No.41909790[source]▶
So many solar systems out there, life evolved in many planets for sure. No proof but no doubt.
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1. shiroiushi ◴[22 Oct 24 01:53 UTC] No.41910409[source]▶
No, there's only one solar system in the entire universe. There's countless star systems though, but only one of those stars is named Sol.

/pedant

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2. thfuran ◴[22 Oct 24 03:21 UTC] No.41910910[source]▶
You can't know that there's only one named sol by the locals.
3. WhitneyLand ◴[22 Oct 24 04:52 UTC] No.41911297[source]▶
If that’s where we’re going I’ll try to pedant-raise you.

Assuming the cosmological principle is true and the universe is infinite, wouldn’t we be guaranteed an infinite number of Sols? ;)

4. patrickmcnamara ◴[22 Oct 24 07:04 UTC] No.41911904[source]▶
Do people actually call the Sun "Sol"? I thought that was more of a video game thing.
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5. shiroiushi ◴[22 Oct 24 07:25 UTC] No.41911999[source]▶
The Romance languages use that name (or something very closely related). English uses "Sun", but just as it borrows a ton of stuff from Latin/French/etc., it also borrows "Sol" for its word "solar".

Also, Captain Archer in Enterprise used the name Sol when making contact with aliens.

6. Quekid5 ◴[22 Oct 24 07:26 UTC] No.41912001[source]▶
I can't think of any English-speaking places that do... but you see it used in "solar", for example.
7. fimdomeio ◴[22 Oct 24 07:31 UTC] No.41912033[source]▶
If you speak Portuguese or Spanish, yes.
8. sph ◴[22 Oct 24 08:02 UTC] No.41912197[source]▶
Latins and medieval scientists did. In Italian we call it "Sole".
9. skibz ◴[22 Oct 24 08:25 UTC] No.41912299[source]▶
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