Meanings (ES + gloss)
planeta
Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
Be they not dreames of humane vanity,[…]to make of our knowne earth a bright shining planet [translating astre]?
The moon[…]began to rise from her bed, where she had slumbered away the day, in order to sit up all night. Jones had not travelled far before he paid his compliments to that beauti…
planeta
Any body that orbits the Sun, including the asteroids (as minor planets) and sometimes the moons of those bodies (as satellite planets)
A Discovrse concerning a New Planet. Tending to prove, That 'tis probable our Earth is one of the Planets
planeta
A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or multiple star) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
The closest planet takes just over nine Earth days to complete an orbit around the star, and the most distant takes about 55 days. All of the planets have quicker revolutions aroun…
Their decision will force a rewrite of science textbooks because the solar system is now a place with eight planets and three newly defined "dwarf planets"—a new category of object…
Phrases
Urinal of the Planetsantiplanetaquaplanetblanetdeplanetizegas giant planethomeplanetinterplanetarymultiplanetnonplaneton what planetplanet gearplanet placementplanet wheelplanet-huntingplanet-sizedplanet-strickenplanetalplanetalityplanetarplanetariumplanetaryplanetboundplanetcideplanetdomplanetedplaneteerplanetesimalplanetfallplanetfulplanethoodplaneticalplanetlessplanetlikeplanetographerplanetographyplanetoidplanetologistplanetologyplanetophysics
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