English > planet: 3 senses > noun 1, object| Meaning | (astronomy) any of the nine large / 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. |
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| Synonym | major planet |
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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 | evening star, Hesperus, Vesper | A planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky |
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| Member of | solar system | The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field |
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| Parts | biosphere | The regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist |
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| Narrower | Jovian planet, gas giant | Any of the four outermost planets in the solar system |
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| inferior planet | Any of the planets whose orbit lies inside the earth's orbit |
| morning star, daystar, Phosphorus, Lucifer | A planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky |
| outer planet | (astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) |
| 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 |
| Broader | celestial body, heavenly body | natural objects visible in the sky |
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| Spanish | planeta |
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| Catalan | planeta |
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| Adjectives | interplanetary | between or among planets |
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| planetal, planetary | of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics / characteristics of a planet or the planets |
