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Protoplanet and Planet Definitions

Protoplanet

A mass of material within a planetary disk that is thought to be an early stage in the formation of a planet.

Planet

In the traditional model of solar systems, a celestial body larger than an asteroid or comet, illuminated by light from a star, such as the sun, around which it revolves.

Protoplanet

An astronomical object, approximately the size of the Moon, formed from the mutual gravitational attraction of planetesimals; they are thought to collide with each other and slowly form planets

Planet

A celestial body that orbits the sun, has sufficient mass to assume nearly a round shape, clears out dust and debris from the neighborhood around its orbit, and is not a satellite of another planet.

Planet

One of the seven celestial bodies, Mercury, Venus, the moon, the sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, visible to the naked eye and thought by ancient astronomers to revolve in the heavens about a fixed Earth and among fixed stars.
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Planet

The collection of life forms supported on Earth
An asteroid that threatened the whole planet.

Planet

People as a whole; humankind or the general public
The entire planet was affected by the global recession.

Planet

One of the seven revolving astrological celestial bodies that in conjunction with the stars are believed to influence human affairs and personalities.

Planet

Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

Planet

(astronomy) A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or star cluster) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
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Planet

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Planet

A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit. See Solar system.

Planet

A star, as influencing the fate of a men.
There's some ill planet reigns.

Planet

Any of the celestial bodies (other than comets or satellites) that revolve around the sun in the solar system

Planet

A person who follows or serves another

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