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• a  of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets
  planetary motion
  planetary year
• a  of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants
  planetary rumblings and eructations"- L.C.Eiseley
  the planetary tilt
• s  having no fixed course
  a planetary vagabond
• s  involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
  neither national nor continental but planetary

• An artist's rendering of a Super-Earth (in red) in the planetary system around Gliese 581.
• A new study highlights nine planetary boundaries that, if passed, could lead to catastrophic change -- and an inhospitable Earth for humans.
• There is no reason why we should not, by combining our understanding of the world-system at both molecular and planetary levels, open up our industrial civilization as the earth .

• planetal
• terrestrial
• erratic
• wandering
• global
• world
• worldwide
• world-wide

News & Articles

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• New Professional Development Award for Planetary Scientists
  The Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) is pleased to announce the formation of the Susan Niebur Professional Development Fund. The fund will provide financial assistance to qualifying DPS members to facilitate their attendance at the annual DPS meeting by offsetting dependent-care costs, either at the meeting location or at home during the week of ...
  June 18, 2013 - SpaceRef
• NASA Ames Co-hosts International Planetary Probe Workshop
  NASA Ames Co-hosts International Planetary Probe Workshop
  June 18, 2013 - SpaceRef
• Kinetx Aerospace Joins Russian National Research University Higher School Of Economics To Research Planetary Defense
  Kinetx Aerospace Joins Russian National Research University Higher School Of Economics To Research Planetary Defense
  June 18, 2013 - SpaceRef

Quotes

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• Al Gore in Globe and Mail
  We face a true planetary emergency,Mr. Gore said in a statement shortly after winning the prize on Friday. "The climate crisis is not a political issue."
• Manmohan Singh in Calcutta Telegraph
  Every citizen of this planet must have an equal share of the planetary atmospheric space. Long-term convergence of per capita emissions is therefore the only equitable basis for a global compact on climate change,Singh said, once again,...