planeet

Definitions of planeet
  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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    avondster
    a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky
    ondermaanse
    the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
    Mars
    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
    Neptunus
    a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants
    Pluto
    a small planet and the farthest known planet from the sun; it has the most elliptical orbit of all the planets
    Saturnus
    a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun
    Uranus
    a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green color and many satellites
    types:
    dagster, morgenster
    a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky
    buitenplaneet
    any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit
    type of:
    hemelbol, hemellichaam
    natural objects visible in the sky
  2. noun
    (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
    synonyms: ster, zon, zonnetje
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    Korenaar
    the brightest star in Virgo
    tramontane
    the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it
    Sirius
    the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major
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    dubbelster
    a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation
    neutronenster, pulsar
    a star that has collapsed under its own gravity; it is composed of neutrons
    nova
    a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process
    zon, zonnetje
    any star around which a planetary system revolves
    supernova
    a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process
    neutronenster, pulsar
    a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation
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    hemelbol, hemellichaam
    natural objects visible in the sky
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