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(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

natural objects visible in the sky

the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field

the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole

the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist

any of the planets whose orbit lies inside the earth's orbit

any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter)

a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky