Meaning | (astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto). |
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Category | astronomy, uranology | The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole |
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Instances | Jupiter | The largest planet and the 5th from the sun |
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Neptune | A giant planet with a ring of ice particles |
Saturn | A giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles |
Uranus | A giant planet with a ring of ice particles |
Member of | solar system | The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field |
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Broader | planet, major planet | (astronomy) any of the nine large / large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light |
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Spanish | planeta externo |
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