planet

Definition of planet in English English dictionary: Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
The moon . . . began to rise from her bed, where she had slumbered away the day, in order to sit up all night. Jones had not travelled far before he paid his compliments to that beautiful planet, and, turning to his companion, asked him if he had ever beheld so delicious an evening?.; Any similar spherically shaped or tidally elongated body in orbit around a star or binary star which has cleared the debris out of its orbital path, but which has not attained nuclear fusion; Any of various rocky or gaseous spherical bodies orbiting the Sun, specifically the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. (The Galilean moons, four major asteroids, and the dwarf planet Pluto were formerly included, in the 17th, 19th, and 20th centuries respectively.); It is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit; See Solar system; {n} a star which revolves about a center in an orbit nearly circular; A spherical ball of rock and/or gas that orbits a star The Earth is a planet Our solar system has nine planets These planets are, in order of increasing average distance from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto; a "wanderer" one of the nine bodies in orbit around the sun; Any similar spherically-shaped body, in orbit around a star or binary star, which dominates its orbit in size but is not massive enough for fusion; one of the principal nonluminous bodies in orbit around the Sun or another star There are nine in the Solar System; A planet is a relatively large object that orbits a star Actually the definition for exactly what can be called a "planet" is uncertain, and there are no specific lower size limits The planet Pluto by all logical accounts is too small to be a full-fledged planet, yet orbits the Sun in an independent orbit and was originally judged a planet However, it is smaller than Earth's Moon, and there may well be other objects as large orbiting the Sun (trans-Neptunian objects) However, there are definite upper limits to the size of a planet Objects with masses about ten times that of Jupiter form a class of objects intermediate between stars and planets They are called "brown dwarfs " Brown dwarfs give off too much energy to be planets, yet they are too small to exhibit the full nuclear fusion processes that defines stars; A very large body in orbit around a star Planets can be composed mainly of rock or of dense gases; A non-luminous body moving round a star There are nine known planets in our Solar System, some of which are attended by satellites; A cosmic object that is more massive than an asteroid but less massive than a star and shines by reflected light; any of the celestial bodies (other than comets or satellites) that revolve around the sun in the solar system; Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky-the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn; Object revolving in an approximately circular orbit around a star[?] See also: asteroid; A star, as influencing the fate of a men; the major bodies in the solar system that shine only by reflected light from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto; A large body that orbits the Sun; From an old word meaning "wanderer " The planets are those celestial bodies that seem to move through the zodiac In astrology, the planets include the Sun and the Moon; A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity; Any of various rocky or gaseous spherical bodies orbiting the Sun, specifically the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The Galilean moons, four asteroids and the dwarf planet Pluto were formerly included, in the 17th, 19th and 20th centuries respectively; A planet is a large, round object in space that moves around a star. The Earth is a planet. The picture shows six of the nine planets in the solar system. Supposed distant planet of the solar system, hypothesized on the basis of calculations of effects on the orbits of Uranus and Neptune. The term was first used by Percival Lowell 1905, and though his prediction eventually resulted in the discovery of Pluto (1930), Pluto's mass was insufficient to explain the apparent perturbations of Uranus and Neptune. Proposals and searches for other planets beyond Neptune or Pluto continued sporadically during the remainder of the 20th century. However, Voyager spacecraft data gathered about the masses of the outer planets indicate that no additional large bodies are needed to explain the planets' observed orbits. See also Kuiper belt. Any large body orbiting the Sun or another star (see planets of other stars); comets, asteroids, meteoroids (see meteor), and natural satellites are excluded. The word comes from the Greek for "wanderer," because their positions change relative to those of the stars. The nine major planets known to revolve around the Sun, in order of increasing distance, are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. The first four are called terrestrial planets and the next four Jovian planets. Pluto, distinct from either group, resembles a giant comet or one of the icy satellites of the Jovian planets. The terrestrial planets are less than 8,000 mi (13,000 km) in diameter and rocky, with comparatively thin or negligible atmospheres. The Sun's heat is thought to have prevented the abundant gases in the original solar nebula from condensing in them. The Jovian planets formed farther out, where the gases were cool enough to condense, so the planets grew very massive and accumulated huge atmospheres of light gases, mainly hydrogen and helium. Called gas giants, the Jovian planets appear to be similar in structure; none has an accessible surface. Pluto is by far the smallest body traditionally called a major planet, although many astronomers now consider it the largest known member of the Kuiper belt. Additional bodies rivaling Pluto in size may exist in this region of the solar system; one about half its size was discovered in 2002. The term minor planet is sometimes used (less now than formerly) to refer to any of the asteroids that lie between the terrestrial and Jovian planets. In astrology great importance is placed on the planets' positions in the 12 constellations of the zodiac. See also planetesimal; solar system. Planet X planets of other stars extrasolar planets; A major object which orbits around a star In our solar system, there arenine such objects which aretraditionally called "planets'': Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto (There are no "official'' specifications for how big an object must be to be called a planet rather than, for example, an "asteroid '') While no individual planet has ever been seen orbiting around another star, we wouldn't expect to see them, given the limits of current technology It is suspected, though, that planets are common companions of stars; A nonluminous body associated with a star Any of nine such bodies that circle our sun; Any of the nine large objects that revolve around the Sun There are also over 80 potential Exo-Solar planets; a person who follows or serves another; Large spherical object shining by a star Our planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto (+Charon ?); (literally, a "wanderer"): A solid object in motion about a star If it is very small, it is called an asteroid See also Brown Dwarf; (1) Any one of the nine primary celestial bodies that orbit the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto; A non-luminous body moving round a star There are nine known planets in our Solar System, some of which are attended by satellites Experience the planets of the solar system; Any of nine solid, nonluminous bodies revolving about the Sun; {i} heavenly body that orbits a star; One of nine major bodies that orbit the Sun, visible to us by reflected sunlight; n any object in space that does not generate its own light, that revolves around another body, such as the sun, which does give it light; For the purposes of Astrology the planets are considered to be the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto Some Astrologers also include asteroids or the small planetoid Chiron which orbits between Saturn and Uranus Some even include mythical planets such as Lilith, the dark moon; Astronomy: spherical and massive celestial body orbiting around the Sun or around an other star Astrology: object of the Zodiac that individually and collectively more or less influences the human beings, in one or several life sectors Esotericism: physical body of an entity considerably more evolved than a human being; A celestial body of the solar system, revolving around the sun in a nearly circular orbit, or a similar body revolving around a star See table XII See also astronomical constant, tables II and III, noting that some values differ in the three tables; loka
Planet X: A hypothetical planet in our solar system
Planet of the Apes: a US film about a society in the future in which intelligent monkeys, who can speak, rule the world and control humans (1968)
planet Earth: planet where human beings live, third planet from the sun
planet wheel: One of the small gear wheels in an epicyclic train
Goldilocks planet: A planet which orbits in the habitable zone around a star, where temperatures like those on Earth occur, allowing for the possible existence of liquid water and of life
Jovian planet: Either of the four gas giant planets in the Solar System: Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, or Neptune
Trojan planet: a planet that occupies a Trojan point of a star system
carbide planet: A carbon planet
carbon planet: A theoretical type of terrestrial planet that could form if protoplanetary discs are carbon-rich and oxygen-poor
double planet: a planemo with a moon large enough to be considered a planemo, having a substantial portion of the systems overall mass
double planet: a pair of planemos in orbit around each other, where the barycenter of their orbits lies outside of both planemos
double planet: a pair of planemos in orbit around each other, where the barycenter of their orbits lies outside of both planemos, which in turn is in orbit about a star
double planet: a planet with a moon large enough to be considered a planet, were the planet not there, having a substantial portion of the systems overall mass
dwarf planet: As recognized by the International Astronomical Union, any body which has achieved hydrostatic equilibrium (is reasonably spherical), orbits the sun, and has not "cleared its neighbourhood" (as opposed to a planet)
giant planet: a planet larger than terrestrial planets, composed mostly of gases and astronomical ices
inferior planet: A planet that orbits the Sun within the orbit of the Earth, and thus does not show retrograde motion when viewed from Earth
inner planet: Any planet of the Solar System whose orbit is located between the asteroid belt and the sun, i.e., any of Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars
major planet: Any of the 8 celestial bodies which orbit the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
major planet: Any planet that is significantly larger and more massive than Earth, containing large amounts of hydrogen and helium, such as Jupiter and Neptune.http: //www.seasky.org/astronomy/astronomy_glossary.html
minor planet: Those planets smaller than Earth, specifically Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Pluto."Minor planet." McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2003. Answers.com 04 Oct. 2009. http: //www.answers.com/topic/planetoid
minor planet: An asteroid which orbits the Sun and is larger than 10 meters in diameter but smaller than a dwarf planet
outer planet: Any planet of the Solar System whose orbit is located beyond the asteroid belt, i.e., any of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune
silicate planet: a terrestrial planet composed mostly of silicate minerals
silicon planet: a silicate planet
superior planet: A planet that orbits the Sun beyond the orbit of the Earth and thus shows retrograde motion when viewed from the Earth
terrestrial planet: Any planet of the solar system or any exoplanet which is "Earth-like" in the sense that it is composed primarily of metals and rock, in contrast to a planet which is a gas giant
dwarf planet: A dwarf planet is a celestial body within the Solar System that satisfies the following four conditions: 1.) is in orbit around the Sun. 2.] has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (near-spherical) shape. 3.] has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit. 4.] is not a satellite
extrasolar planet: (Astronomi) An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet beyond the Solar System
Daily Planet: the imaginary newspaper that Clark Kent and Lois Lane work for in the Superman stories
Jovian planet: One of the four major planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, which have very large masses and are farther from the sun than the terrestrial planets
Lonely Planet: popular brand of travel guidebooks
Planets: a very popular piece of classical music by Gustav Holst, in which each of the different parts represents one of the planets (such as Mars or Jupiter) and the Roman god after whom it is named (1916)
be born under a lucky planet: be born with good fortune, be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
inferior planet: any of the planets whose orbit lies inside the earth's orbit
inner planet: Any of the four planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, whose orbits are closest to the sun
jovian planet: any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter)
outer planet: Any of the five planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, with orbits outside that of Mars
planets: Twelve locations in astrology: Tellus, Lilith, the Moon, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto Because of our location in the Cosmos, astrology for our planet lists the planets in order of distance from Tellus, not the Sun or any other planet Astrology using the planets on their own merit is known as tropical astrology
planets: The traditional "planets" used in a horoscope are the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto The Sun is actually a star and the Moon a satellite of Earth The Sun and Moon are sometimes called "the Lights" to distinguish them from the planets, but generally all are lumped together for convenience Earth is not included in most horoscopes because they are geocentric--viewing everything from the perspective of Earth One could visualize Earth as occupying the exact center of the horoscope
planets: In most brances of modern astrology, the term is applied to the heavenly bodies, with the exception of meteors and comets, which revolve about the Sun, plus the Sun and the Moon Astrologers realize that the Sun and Moon are not planets in the astronomical sense, but continue for the sake of convenience, the traditional nomenclature In ancient times the term, which means "wanderer" was applied to those heavenly bodies which appeared to move against the backdrop of fixed stars
planets: Celestial bodies such as the Earth which orbit the Sun (and by extension, similar orbiters around distant stars) Counting from the Sun outwards, planets visible to the eye are Mercury, Venus, (Earth), Mars, Jupiter and Saturn The telescope also sees the more distant Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, as well as smaller asteroids (most of them inside the Jupiter orbit) and Kuiper objects (in the outer solar system) See also retrograde motion
planets: plural of planet
planets: the dice ratings on your character sheet They rate how much the various Forces affect your character; Smaller numbers indicate a stronger influence Also, a metaphorical term for the Forces; each Force is thought to be governed by one of the known Planets
planets: There are nine planets in the Solar System, including Earth Each planet is unique, but also has some similarities Check out the information on planets
planets: Aberdeyn, Heksnya's Foil: the fourth planet from the sun
planets: Saturn , Jupiter , Mars , Sol (Sun) , Venus , Mercury , Luna (Moon)
secondary planet: {i} planet that revolves around the primary planets as satellites and simultaneously revolve with it about the sun
superior planet: A planet whose mean distance from the sun is greater than that of Earth's
superior planet: any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit
terrestrial planet: a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system
terrestrial planet: Any of the four planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars, that are nearest the sun and have similar size and density
the planet Jupiter: largest of the planets in our solar system
the planet Venus: one of the planets in our solar system
the planet system: solar system, system including the sun and all celestial bodies that orbit it