| NOUN | object | superior planet | any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit |
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| Meaning | Any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit. | |
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| Instances | Jupiter | The largest planet and the 5th from the sun |
| Mars, Red Planet | A small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Spanish | planeta exterior, planeta superior | |
| Catalan | planeta exterior, planeta superior | |
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