Meaning of planet | Babel Free

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1. 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.
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2. A celestial body that does not produce its own light, is larger than an asteroid, and is illuminated by light from a star, such as the sun, around which it revolves. In our solar system there are eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Pluto was considered a planet until 2006, when it was reclassified as a dwarf planet.
3. Any body that orbits the Sun, including the asteroids (as minor planets) and sometimes the moons of those bodies (as satellite planets)
   historical
4. any of the bodies (eg the Earth) which move round the Sun or round another star. Mars and Jupiter are planets, but the Moon is not. planeet كوكَب سَيّار планета planeta planeta der Planet planet πλανήτηςplaneta planeet سیاره planeetta planète כּוֹכָב לֶכֶת ग्रह planet bolygó planet pláneta, reikistjarna pianeta 惑星 행성 planeta planēta planet planeetplanetplaneta سياره planeta planetă планета planéta planet planeta planet ดาวนพเคราะห์ gezegen 行星 планета سيارہ، جرم فلکي hành tinh 行星
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5. 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.
6. planetêr كَوْكَبي، سَيّاري планетен planetário planetární planetarisch planetarisk; planet- πλανητικόςplanetario planetaar- وابسته به سیاره planetaarinen planétaire שֶׁל כּוֹכבי לֶכֶת ग्रहीय planetarni bolygó- planetarium reikistjörnu- planetario 惑星の 행성의 planetinis, planetų planētas-; planētu- planet planetairplanet-, planetarisk planetarny سياره ته مربوط planetário planetar планетный;планетарный planetárny planeten planetarni planetarisk, planet- แห่งดาวนพเคราะห์ gezegenle ilgili 行星的 планетн...
7. construed with the or this: The Earth.
8. In the traditional model of solar systems, a celestial body larger than an asteroid or comet, illuminated by light from a star, such as the sun, around which it revolves.
9. One of the seven celestial bodies, Mercury, Venus, the moon, the sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, visible to the naked eye and thought by ancient astronomers to revolve in the heavens about a fixed Earth and among fixed stars.
10. The collection of life forms supported on Earth: an asteroid that threatened the whole planet.
11. One of the seven revolving astrological celestial bodies that in conjunction with the stars are believed to influence human affairs and personalities.
12. (Celestial Objects) Also called: major planet any of the eight celestial bodies, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, that revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits and are illuminated by light from the sun
13. (Celestial Objects) Also called: extrasolar planet any other celestial body revolving around a star, illuminated by light from that star
14. (Astrology) astrology any of the planets of the solar system, excluding the earth but including the sun and moon, each thought to rule one or sometimes two signs of the zodiac. See also house9
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Examples

“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 beautiful planet, and, turning to his companion, asked him if he had ever beheld so delicious an evening?”

“Another of Boehme's followers, the Welshman Morgan Llwyd, also believed that the seven planets could be found within man.”

“A Discovrse concerning a New Planet. Tending to prove, That 'tis probable our Earth is one of the Planets”

“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 that includes Pluto.”

“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 around their star than Mercury, which takes 88 days to complete one lap around the sun.”

“"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]."”

“It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]:[…]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is;[…].”

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