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planet (s) (noun), planets (pl)
An astronomical body that orbits a star and does not shine with its own light; especially, one of the nine such bodies orbiting the Sun in the solar system:

The planets are shown in this Nine Planets Orbiting the Sun unit with images and links for details about each celestial body.

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Nine Planets Orbiting the Sun
(Apollo, the sun god, and the planets with links to additional details about the sun and each planet)
Planets in motion
(passively drifting and wandering in the sky)
plano-, plan-, -plany, -plania
(Greek: passively drifting, wandering, or roaming; planet or planets)
Voyagers 1 and 2
(Explorations of the Planets)
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terrestrial planet (s)  (noun), terrestrial planets (pl)
Any planet that is near the sun and has a similar size and density: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are all terrestrial planets and are composed mainly of metals and rocks, in comparison to gas planets.
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planets
Large celestial bodies in orbit around a star, composed of rock, metal, or gas.

The nine planets in the solar system are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.

The inner four, called the "terrestrial planets" are small and rocky, and include the planet earth.

The outer planets, with the exception of Pluto, are called the major planets, and consist of large balls of rock, liquid, and gas; the largest is Jupiter, which contains a mass equivalent to 70% of all the other planets combined.

Planets do not produce light, but reflect the light of their parent star.


Star tipping hat.

The planets are illustrated at the sight indicated below and links are available for more details about their Greek and Latin myths, symbolisms (system of symbols), and scientific information.


Click on this link for significant images and more detailed information about planets.

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Astronomy and related astronomical terms
(the science of the celestial bodies: the sun, the moon, and the planets; the stars and galaxies; and all of the other objects in the universe)
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Planets in motion
Passively drifting and wandering in the sky unit.
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terestrial planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
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wanderers or positions of planets
The orbits and positions of the planets or "wanderers" could not be accurately accounted for before the invention of the telescope although star positions were known.

Understanding came with the revolutionary work of Galileo, Brahe, and Kepler which, together with Newton's contributions, finally swept away the Greek concept of an earth-centered universe and established the present model of the solar system.

The Greeks had simplified celestial mechanics according to the simple doctrine that "matter behaves according to nature."

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