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On the other hand:

> Sun should be capitalized when referring to the star at the center of our solar system, as opposed to other suns -- the stars at the center of other planetary systems.




Bad example, I'm afraid. The Sun is, specifically, our star. Other stars aren't suns, they're stars with other names.


It's common usage to call other stars at the center of planetary system "suns". For example:

> As we came to understand that the stars in the sky are other suns [...]

- http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/exoplanet-e...

See also the 2nd definition at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sun :

> : any star that has planets which move around it


Here, The Sun is also one of our tabloids.




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