Should you capitalize solar system?

[fergal]

Hi everyone,

I am trying to write a sentence involving the words 'solar system', as in the phrase 'the planets in the solar system' and I am not sure whether it should be capitalized or not.

On the internet there seems to be much disagreement over whether solar system counts as a proper noun or not, and therefore should be capitalized. Does anyone know?

Thanks for your help.

[apfelsine]

Hi
In my dictionary 'solar system' is not capitalized.
Please refer to your dictionary for more info