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Outer planets

Any planet of the Solar System whose orbit is located beyond the asteroid belt, i.e., any of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune.

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    Any planet of the Solar System whose orbit is located beyond the asteroid belt, i.e., any of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune.

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planetarynounA planetary nebula.
solar systemnounAny orbital system of at least one fusor and other heavenly bodies, like planets and other objects.
outer spacenounAny region of space beyond limits determined with reference to boundaries of a celestial system or body, especially the region of space immediately beyond Earth's atmosphere; sometimes, space beyond Earth's solar system.
planetoidsnoun(astronomy) Any planetary body, including classical planets and moons: a planetary-mass object
planetnoun(astronomy, current) A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or multiple star) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
planetoidnoun(astronomy) Any planetary body, including classical planets and moons: a planetary-mass object
interplanetary spacenoun(astronomy) That part of outer space between the planets of a solar system and its star
exoplanetnoun(astronomy, planetology) A planet which exists outside Earth's solar system.
interplanetarynounExisting or occurring between planets.
planet earthnounEarth; the third planet in the Solar System
red planetnounThe planet Mars.
astrophysicalnounOf or pertaining to astrophysics.
celestial bodynoun(astronomy, astrology) A natural object which is located outside of Earth's atmosphere, such as a comet, an asteroid, the Moon, a planet, the Sun, or a star.
asteroidsnouna space-themed multidirectional shooter arcade video game designed by Lyle Rains and Ed Logg released in November 1979 by Atari, Inc.
astronomicalnoun(comparable) Very large; of vast measure.
asteroid beltnoun(astronomy) The main asteroid belt, the region of the orbital plane of the Solar System located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter which is occupied by numerous minor planets (asteroids) and the dwarf planet Ceres.
extraterrestrialnounA being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien.
astronomynounThe study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.
planetologynoun(astronomy) The study of planets, planetary systems and the solar system.
dwarf planetnoun(astronomy) A planetary (world-like) body of the Solar system, that directly orbits the Sun like the classical planets but does not gravitationally dominate other bodies in the region of its orbit.

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