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Definition planet

Etymology

From Middle English planete, from Old French planete, from Latin planeta, planetes, from Ancient Greek ???????? (plan?t?s, “wanderer”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (planá?, “wander about, stray”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to wander, roam”), and cognate with Latin p?lor (“wander about, stray”), Old Norse flana (“to rush about”), and Norwegian flanta (“to wander about”). More at flaunt.

Noun

planet (plural planets)

1. (now historical or astrology) 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. [from 14c.]
2. (astronomy) A body which orbits the Sun directly and is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (effectively meaning a spheroid) and to dominate its orbit; specifically, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. (Pluto was considered a planet until 2006 and has now been reclassified as a dwarf planet.) [from 17c.]
3. A large body which directly orbits any star (or star cluster) but which has not attained nuclear fusion.
4. In phrases such as the planet, this planet, sometimes refers to the Earth.

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