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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 Organic Health Corp Announces Q2 Results.
News Wire article from: CNW Group; 3/2/2009; 700+ words
; ...2009 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- Planet Organic Health Corp (TSX Venture Exchange...cash item. Our largest divisions, Planet Organic Market and Mrs Green's both...environment" reports Darren Krissie, CFO. Planet is current with all short term and long...
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Planets to waltz across night-sky ballroom: In a rare event, five planets will be visibly aligned over the next few weeks - no telescope necessary.(USA)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 4/19/2002; 700+ words
; ...nestle between the top two planets, Venus and Jupiter...the tidy line of the planet's ascending arc are...like a frisbee, each planet is on roughly the same...the moon, and every planet follow the same track...Usually, though, the planets are spaced out enough...
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Planet Green Launches National Ban the Bags, Butts and Bottles Challenge!
PR Newswire; 7/29/2009; 700+ words
; - Initiative is part of Planet Green's 'Blue August' event debuting...other waterways throughout the country, Planet Green today launched Ban the Bags...array of wildlife we know and love. Planet Green is joining forces with the Natural...
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Planet Organic Health Corp. Corporate Update.
News Wire article from: PR Newswire; 5/22/2009; 700+ words
; ...Exchange - "POH" EDMONTON, May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Planet Organic Health Corp. ("Planet Organic") Mr. Darren Krissie, Chief Financial Officer of Planet Organic, Canada's leading natural products retailer, provides the...
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Missing planets proof of destructive power of stars' tides.
News Wire article from: Asian News International; 4/28/2009; 700+ words
; ...first evidence that such planet destruction has already...properties of extrasolar planets, we can see that this...the tide will pull the planet in," Jackson said...these tidally evolving planets change very slowly...Eventually, the planet's orbit brings it close...
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Planet Movies by AMC Commits to Easton; Complex to Include Planet Hollywood and Official All-Star Cafe
PR Newswire; 10/31/1997; 700+ words
; ...Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Officials of Planet Hollywood International (NYSE: PHL...Georgetown Group announced today that "Planet Movies by AMC" will be constructed at...cinema with the excitement and glamour of a Planet Hollywood restaurant, an Official All...
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Planet hunters
Magazine article from: Boys' Life; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...as Earth and the other planets in our solar system circle...sun. Finding such a planet would answer an age...question: Is our family of planets alone in the universe...like Jupiter or solid planets like Earth. Like hunters...the telltale clues of a planet's presence around a...
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Minor Planets
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...Though distinct from minor planets, comets are sometimes...a subset of the minor planet group. There are many thousands of minor planets — also termed...rather than as a true planet. There is also a significant...the 1990s, only nine planets were known: Mercury...
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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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Astrological Planets
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...Sun and Moon are not planets, but they generally...the most important planet in the chart. Individuals...the premise that the planets can be related to...associated with specific planets, beginning with the outermost planet in the solar system...
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Planet
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...sciences in their work with planets. Although the word planet is used frequently in...the 1990s, only nine planets were known: Mercury...what was then the ninth planet in the solar system...hundreds of exoplanets (planets orbiting stars other...
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