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Stars that have planets and other non-stellar bodies orbiting around them form structures known as planetary systems. Our planet Earth is part of a planetary system called the solar system. For many centuries, the Solar System was believed to be the only planetary system in the Universe. However, we are currently aware that this assumption is not valid. Today, thousands of planetary systems, composed of planets that surround distant stars, have been identified.