major planet (English, noun)
expansion: major planet (plural major planets)
Senses:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the 8 celestial bodies which orbit the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune (a celestial body that fits the 2006 IAU definition of planet).
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Any planet that is significantly larger and more massive than Earth, containing large amounts of hydrogen and helium, such as Jupiter and Neptune.
Forms:
form: major planets
tags: plural