major planet

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• While I do not think it necessary to include orbital dominance in the definition of "planet," it provides a nice criterion to help discriminate minor planets from major planets.

  Academic text (2003)

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are the four terrestrial major planets closest to the sun.

• Only one major planet lights up the morning sky.

  Academic text (2005)

• Do these facts cast doubt on Mercury's status as a major planet?

  Academic text (2003)

• Under this definition, the current inclusion of Pluto as a major planet, but not Ceres, is problematic at best.

  Academic text (2003)

• I therefore also invoke the circumstance that originally cost Ceres its major planet status: being part of a crowd.

  Academic text (2003)

• The Working Group on Planetary System Nomenclature is responsible for naming features on the major planets and their satellites.

  Academic text (2000)

• For a current view of the positions of the major planets, minor planets, and local comets, visit the website for the Minor Planet Center at cfa- **40;2048;TOOLONG.

  Academic text (2000)

• Skyviews: plots sky maps of the Sun, Moon, major planets, and stars; also alt/az and RA/Dec of planets Heath Users' Group; Zenith Z-100

  Academic text (1991)

• The eight major planets in our solar system each have unique features and characteristics.

Synonyms

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planet

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A large round body in space that moves around a star

is the set of principal solar bodies traditionally including Pluto

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology