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planets

NOUN

celestial body orbiting a star

Synonyms

STRONGEST

asteroid earth globe sphere world

STRONG

apple marble orb planetoid

WEAK

heavenly body luminous body terrene wandering star

Example Sentences

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"That makes this an inside-out system, with a planet order of rocky-gaseous-gaseous-and then rocky again. Rocky planets don't usually form so far away from their home star," says Thomas.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

In our Solar System, the planets fall into two broad groups.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Researchers led by Thomas Wilson from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom combined observations from several space and ground-based telescopes to examine planets orbiting the star.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Farther out are the giant gaseous planets, from Jupiter to Neptune.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

But we now know that the sun is a star, that other stars have planets, and there is every reason to think that there is life elsewhere in the universe.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton