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What does the word planets mean?

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Anonymous

11y ago
Updated: 7/18/2022

Planet is a noun:

1.Astronomy .

a. Also called major planet. any of the nine large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto in the order of their proximity to the sun.

b. a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.

c. (formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.

2. Astrology . the sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto: considered sources of energy or consciousness in the interpretation of horoscopes.

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