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OUTER PLANET

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("outer planet" is a kind of...):

major planet; planet ((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)

Domain category:

astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)

Instance hyponyms:

Jupiter (the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky)

Neptune (a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants)

Saturn (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)

Holonyms ("outer planet" is a member of...):

solar system (the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field)

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