planeta

Definitions of planeta
  1. noun
    (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
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    globo terrestre
    the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
    júpiter
    the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky
    marte
    a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
    mercurio
    the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
    neptuno
    a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants
    plutón
    a small planet and the farthest known planet from the sun; it has the most elliptical orbit of all the planets
    saturno
    a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun
    urano
    a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green color and many satellites
    venus
    the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'
    types:
    estrella matutina, lucero del alba
    a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
    type of:
    astro, cuerpo celeste
    natural objects visible in the sky
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