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plan·et
/ ˈplanit/
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n.
a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
∎ (the planet)
the earth:
no generation has the right to pollute the planet.
∎
chiefly Astrol., hist.
a celestial body distinguished from the fixed stars by having an apparent motion of its own (including the moon and sun), esp. with reference to its supposed influence on people and events.
DERIVATIVES:
plan·e·tol·o·gy
/ ˌplaniˈtäləjē/ n.
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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 Payment, Inc. Announces Executive Changes.
PR Newswire; 11/19/2009; 700+ words
; ...Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Planet Payment (LSE: AIM: PPT and PPTR; OTCQX...Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Planet Payment and will oversee the Company...growth." "This is an exciting time for Planet Payment," said Cox. "Its continuing...
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Planet Green Heads Into 2010 With New Series and Stories About Passionate People Creating Positive Change.
PR Newswire; 11/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...skyscrapers hundreds of feet in the air, Planet Green looks to the New Year with a wider...programming line-up. This winter, Planet Green introduces a new genre to the network...President Production and Development, Planet Green, made the announcement: "We are...
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Planet Calypso and Florida State University Researchers Team up to Study Virtual Buying Habits.
PR Newswire; 11/20/2009; 700+ words
; ...Sweden, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- First Planet Company, developer and publisher of the...experience can affect a brand. First Planet Company and business scholars at The Florida...upcoming Miss Calypso beauty pageant on Planet Calypso seeks to understand how the mental...
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Planet Technologies Announces Agreement to Acquire Antigen Laboratories.
PR Newswire; 9/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Planet Technologies, Inc. , a specialty pharmaceutical...entered into a definitive agreement under which Planet will acquire Antigen. Under the agreement, Planet will acquire all of the outstanding equity...
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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 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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Planet Internet bundles Internet Chameleon with Internet services.
Business Wire; 9/5/1995; 700+ words
; ...NetManage, Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. and Planet Internet of the Netherlands today announced that Planet Internet has signed an agreement with NetManage...Chameleon as the Internet front end for all Planet Internet subscribers. Planet Internet is...
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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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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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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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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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