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• n  (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
• n  a person who follows or serves another
• n  any celestial body (other than comets or satellites) that revolves around a star

• An artist's rendering of a Super-Earth (in red) in the planetary system around Gliese 581.
• Tune in to the planet via the Internet Web Music Free music lives! Say hello to Morpheus The Scariest Label From West Virginia, the sound of hate.
• DO AS WE SAY European leaders talk a good game about saving the planet.

• major planet
• satellite

News & Articles

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• Space News: NASA'S Hubble uncovers evidence of farthest planet forming from its star
  Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found compelling evidence of a planet forming 7.5 billion miles away from its star, a finding that may challenge current theories about planet formation. Of the almost 900 planets outside our solar system that have been confirmed to date, this is the first to be found at such a great distance from its star. The suspected planet is orbiting the ...
  June 16, 2013 - Lake County News
• NASA: New planet forming far from its star 'shouldn't exist'
  KRISTEN BUTLER, UPI.com Extrasolar planet spotted by Hubble "shouldn't exist" according to current planet formation theories.
  June 14, 2013 - UPI
• Unusual new planet casts doubt on how planets form
  A distant, baby planet is challenging the reigning theory about how planets are made.
  June 14, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor