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(noun) any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit
superior planet
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superior planet
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(noun) (astronomy) any of the nine 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
major planet, planet
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(noun) the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky
Jupiter
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(noun) a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color; "Mars has two satellites"
Red Planet, Mars
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(noun) a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants; "the existence of Neptune was predicted from perturbations in the orbit of Uranus and it was then identified in 1846"
Neptune
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(noun) a small planet and the farthest known planet from the sun; it has the most elliptical orbit of all the planets; "Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930"
Pluto
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(noun) a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun
Saturn
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(noun) a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green color and many satellites; "Uranus was discovered by William Herschel in 1781"
Uranus
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