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Originally Posted by Ustwo
If you were IN another solar system, would you say 'the star is rising' or 'the sun'  |
Stop the presses, Ustwo and I agree!
a star is a burning ball of gas in space
a sun is a star with planets
Sol is the sun with the planet earth. Sol is the name of the sun in the Sol System, just as Andromeda is the name of the sun in the Andromeda system.
We don't say "Sol rise" because we don't use its proper name. We say "sun rise" because it is a sun that is rising (yes I know it's not really rising
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10/10 for me. Guess I am a nerd