NOUN
- (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
How To Use major planet In A Sentence
- The asteroids are tiny worlds that should have clumped together to form another major planet.
- It's not commonly realised that there is a strong notional element in some of the times so confidently listed in the ephemeris, as will become clear if you compare the times given for aspects of the major planets in different ephemerides.
- The apparent paths of the sun, the moon, and the major planets all fall within the zodiac.
- Spacecraft have flown by every major planet, and most of their important moons, in the solar system.