Our solar family consists of following celestial bodies :

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Our solar family consists of following celestial bodies :

  1. A.

    Constellations, Planets, Sun

  2. B.

    Satellites, Planets, Pole star

  3. C.

    Sun, Planets, Satellites, Asteroids, Meteorites

  4. D.

    Planets, Satellites, Asteroids, Saptarishi

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Correct answer: C

Our solar family (the solar system) is the Sun together with the celestial bodies that are gravitationally bound to it — the planets, their natural satellites (moons), and smaller bodies such as asteroids and meteoroids (called meteorites once a fragment reaches a surface). A star or star-pattern that lies outside this Sun-centred system, however well-known, is not part of the solar family.

The list "Sun, Planets, Satellites, Asteroids, Meteorites" names the Sun together with the planets, satellites, and the smaller orbiting bodies (asteroids and meteoroids) that make up our solar family, matching the officially confirmed answer for this item.

  • "Constellations, Planets, Sun" — constellations are patterns of stars located far beyond the solar system; they are unrelated star groupings, not bodies orbiting the Sun.

  • "Satellites, Planets, Pole star" — the Pole Star (Polaris) is an independent star far outside the solar system, not one of the Sun's orbiting bodies.

  • "Planets, Satellites, Asteroids, Saptarishi" — Saptarishi is a well-known group of seven stars (an asterism in Ursa Major) external to the solar system; this list also leaves out the Sun itself, the star that anchors the solar family.

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