major planet
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1. (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 (noun.object)
| hyponym | : | inferior planet, |
| definition | : | any of the planets whose orbit lies inside the earth's orbit (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | gas giant, jovian planet, |
| definition | : | any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter) (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | outer planet, |
| definition | : | (astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | superior planet, |
| definition | : | any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | terrestrial planet, |
| definition | : | a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | evening star, hesperus, vesper, |
| definition | : | a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | biosphere, |
| definition | : | the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist (noun.location) |
| member meronym | : | solar system, |
| definition | : | the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field (noun.object) |
| domain category | : | astronomy, uranology, |
| definition | : | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | planetal, planetary, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | planetal, planetary, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets (adj.pert) |
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