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superior planet Any planet whose orbit is farther from the Sun (and hence larger in radius) than that of the Earth, namely Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

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superior planet planet whose orbit lies outside that of the earth. The superior planets are Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

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