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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