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The solar system is composed of the Sun, which provides 99.8% of the total mass, the planets, and the ‘planetary objects’ (dust, comets, asteroids).
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Allègre, CJ., Michard, G. (1974). The Earth as a Chemical System. In: Introduction to Geochemistry. Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2261-3_1
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