Exact Match:
- planet
- (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
- any celestial body (other than comets or satellites) that revolves around a star
Synonyms:
- Earth,
- Jupiter,
- Mars,
- Mercury,
- Neptune,
- Pluto,
- Saturn,
- Uranus,
- Venus,
- asteroid,
- globe,
- inferior planet,
- major planet,
- minor planet,
- planetoid,
- secondary planet,
- solar system,
- superior planet,
- terrestrial planet,
- wanderer,
- world