| NOUN | object | outer planet | (astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) |
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| Meaning | (astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto). | |
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| Category | astronomy, uranology | The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole |
| Instances | Jupiter | The largest planet and the 5th from the sun |
| Neptune | A giant planet with a ring of ice particles | |
| Pluto | A small planet and the farthest known planet from the sun | |
| Saturn | A giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles | |
| Uranus | A giant planet with a ring of ice particles | |
| Member of | solar system | The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field |
| Broader | planet, major planet | (astronomy) any of the nine large / large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light |