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Even a book for non-astronomers would not need to explain what the Solar System is. Everyone knows. However, not everyone knows how to find Solar System objects. Furthermore, the existence of the Solar System has not always been obvious: it had to be discovered.
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In British English, ‘pants’ means an undergarment. It is never used for outer garments, which are always called trousers. ‘Trousers’ in American English carries overtones of very fancy garments that only a diplomat would wear. In British English this is not so. You cannot avoid sounding slightly comical on one or other side of the Atlantic. ‘Trousers’ have been opted for on the grounds that this at least avoids lavatory humor.
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Clark, J. (2015). How to Find the Solar System. In: Viewing and Imaging the Solar System. The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5179-2_1
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