outer planet
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- noun
- /ˈaʊtər ˈplænɪt/
- Specialized
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planeta exterior
- Opposition for an outer planet coincides with peak brightness and largest apparent size.
- the two outer planets
So everything from human exploration to the robotic exploration in the outer planets and keep keep going on the space front.
- So everything from human exploration to the robotic exploration in the outer planets and keep keep going on the space front.
- And no one's thinking of sending humans to Enceladus or Europa, the outer planets.
Examples
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And out beyond the asteroids you've got the outer planets, sometimes called the Jovian planets because Jupiter is the prime example of these things.
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"The metal comes from the Moon, from the asteroids, from the outer planets.
Fiction book (1992) -
We have detected activity of yours at a certain satellite of an outer planet.
Fiction book (2001) -
Two probes launched 16 days apart were to explore the outer planets, returning images and data.
Academic text (1990) -
Meanwhile, Cassini will push on to become the second spacecraft to orbit an outer planet.
Academic text (2002) -
The Solar System's two outer planets reach the peak of their yearly apparitions this summer.
Academic text (2007) -
Opposition marks the best time to observe any outer planet because it lies closest to Earth and thus appears biggest and brightest.
Academic text (2005) -
Imagine a rogue Superjovian planet wandering into our solar system and disrupting the orbits of the outer planets.
Blog text (30) -
Short-period comets are believed to be comets from the Oort Cloud that were captured by the larger outer planets, such as Jupiter.
Academic text (1996) -
The mission of both was to study the solar system's giant, gaseous outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Synonyms
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A large round body in space that moves around a star
How Distant
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'outer' (toward the outside) modifies 'planet' (a celestial body) to indicate a planet located farther from the centre/Sun. This adjective+noun pattern is semantically transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Outer planet comes from a simple picture: a planet in the outer part of the Solar System, literally a world 'far from the Sun'. That's why the name means a planet that goes around the Sun at a great distance, like Jupiter or Saturn.