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planet
planet (Gk. ‘wandering star’) Large, non-stellar body in orbit around a star, shining only by reflecting the star's light. Planets may be either rocky in composition, such as
Mercury,
Venus,
Earth and
Mars, or mainly gaseous, such as
Jupiter,
Saturn,
Uranus and
Neptune. In our
Solar System there are nine major planets, together with thousands of
asteroids or minor planets. In the 1990s astronomers confirmed the first extra-solar (outside our Solar System) planets. In 1995 scientists discovered the first planet (51 Pegasi b) orbiting a main-sequence star, 51 Pegasi, similar to our Sun. By 2002 astronomers had discovered 101 extra-solar planets. See also
Pluto
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Planets Seen Orbiting Distant Stars
News Wire article from: AP Online; 3/29/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...away. Both of the new planets are slightly smaller...is the second largest planet in the solar system after...discovered extrasolar planets, including 20 others...life flourished on our planet.'' Planets in an eccentric orbits...
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Planets in all the wrong places.(WEB)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 3/6/2006; 700+ words
; ...best theories of planet formation. It made sense that all the planets close to the sun...influence of giant planets orbiting around them. The larger the planet, and the closer...several years of planet-hunting and close to 200 extrasolar planets found, it's time...
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Planet Hunters Find Large Planet
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/14/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...newly discovered planet is one of three planets circling a star...will find many such planets over the next decade. Since a planet must make one whole...On the Net: Planet search: http://exoplanets.org New planets: http://www...
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Planet Hollywood International Inc. to Launch New Branding Division.
PR Newswire; 6/26/2008; 700+ words
; ...successful launch of its first mega-resort, Planet Hollywood International Inc. today announced...branch will work to quickly expand the Planet Hollywood brand as it develops hotel and...both domestically and internationally. Planet Hollywood entered the hospitality business...
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The Planet Announces ''The Planet RealTime''.
Business Wire; 6/23/2005; 700+ words
; DALLAS -- The Planet(SM) today announced it will soon debut the first solutions from its new "The Planet RealTime(SM)" initiative. "The Planet RealTime" rapid solutions were implemented by The Planet...
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'Embryonic planets' in our neighbourhood may hold clue to missing link in planet-formation theory
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 10/2/2007; 700+ words
; ...Scientists study planets, which are in...on how our own planet came to be formed...hold "embryonic planets" - a missing link in planet-formation theories...how our own small planet began its life...presence of nearly 250 planets in the last decade...
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Tracking planets around the Sun.(SCOPE ON THE SKIES)(Report)
Magazine article from: Science Scope; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...precise values, as these planets move less than 1[degrees...As students plot the planet positions, they should...circles, while all of the planets actually have orbits...amount any of the outer planets move each day. (The...Sun. Because an outer planet, one further from
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Planet Direct Sets New Benchmark For One-To-One Internet Marketing.
Business Wire; 8/11/1998; 700+ words
; ...Technologies for Targeted Advertising and Content Planet Direct, a comprehensive personalized...the Web service or "portal" industry. Planet Direct's solution is built through the...delivery system never before available. "Planet Direct doesn't just want to be the portal...
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Planet Organic to acquire California Chain and build growth platform in the Western United States.
PR Newswire; 2/19/2008; 700+ words
; Planet Organic Health Corp. - (TSX Venture Exchange - POH). EDMONTON, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Planet Organic Health Corp ("Planet Organic"), Canada's largest natural foods retailer, today...
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2 planets found outside solar system that could bear life, astronomers say.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 1/17/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...closer to finding another planet out there like our own...they said one of the new planets, about nine times the...They calculate that the planet would be about as hot...discovery of at least three planets orbiting a dead and spinning...they had found another planet orbiting 51 Pegasus...
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planet
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Identification of the Solar Planets The ancient Greeks applied the term planet to the five major planets then known—Mercury...and was regarded as a planet for many years. Additional minor planets have been discovered since...
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Extrasolar Planets
Book article from: Space Sciences
...known extrasolar planets have been discovered...mass of the orbiting planet causes the central...detecting additional planets. In 1999, Butler...detection of a multiple-planet system, in orbit...existence of such planets challenges conventional theories of planet formation. Gas ...
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Phantom Planet
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Phantom Planet Rock group Phantom Planet, a group that takes its name from a 1960s horror movie, is a...whose popularity tends to wane once the members grow up, Phantom Planet has grown into a credible rock outfit that by 2004 had been in...
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extrasolar planet
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...with one or more planets. Using this technique...known extrasolar planet around an ordinary...star as an orbiting planet moves in front of...is restricted to planets whose orbital plane...known extrasolar planets range from 13 Jupiters...theoretical maximum for a planet) down to 0.1 ...
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terrestrial planets and other Earth-like bodies
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
terrestrial planets and other Earth-like...Earth is just one of many planets and planet-sized bodies orbiting...Earth, and Mars. These planets share the fundamental...and therefore not a planet in the astronomical sense...
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