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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A less-contrived example involves the relation between Kepler's theory of the solar system and Newton's.
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But full acceptance of the importance of large impacts on Earth had to await the exploration of the solar system by spacecraft.
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Comets are hunks of dirt and ice with elongated orbits that take them from the outer solar system to near the sun.
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Having a solar system reflects that lifestyle.
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Many probably pre-date the solar system , having perhaps been protected inside comets.
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Not long ago I had read that each atom was a sort of solar system .
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We may visualise them as wavelengths and orbits about a nucleus - with some similarity to a miniature solar system .