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Noun Concept
Categories: Planetary science, Concepts in astronomy, Planets, Solar System, Observational astronomy
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planet  major planet  classification of planets  foreign planet  Length of the days and years of the planets
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(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction WordNet 3.0
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(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is neither a star nor its remnant. Wikipedia
Celestial body directly orbiting a star or stellar remnant Wikidata
A large, heavy body, which does not produce energy by nuclear fusion, moving in a stable elliptical orbit around a star. OmegaWiki
Any of the 8 celestial bodies which orbit the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune (a celestial body that fits the 2006 IAU definition of planet). Wiktionary
A body which orbits the Sun directly and is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (effectively meaning a spheroid) and to dominate its orbit; specifically, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. (Pluto was considered a planet until 2006 and has now been reclassified as a dwarf planet.). Wiktionary