Assertion: planet | /r/CapableOf | orbit the sun
Facets:
value: in the same direction
type: LOCATION
value: in an elliptical orbit
type: OTHER
value: in the same plane
type: LOCATION
value: as the original nebula
type: LOCATION
value: in the solar system
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Although the idea that the planets orbited the Sun had been suggested many times, it was not until the 17th century that this view was supported by evidence from the first telescopic astronomical observations, performed by Galileo Galilei.
text: For example, a planet orbits a sun and a moon orbits a planet.
text: In the Solar System, all the planets orbit the Sun in the same direction as the Sun rotates (counter-clockwise as seen from above the Sun's north pole).
text: Most of the planets in the Solar System rotate in the same direction as they orbit the Sun, which is counter-clockwise as seen from above the Sun's north pole, the exceptions being Venus and Uranus, which rotate clockwise, though Uranus's extreme axial tilt means there are differing conventions on which of its poles is "north", and therefore whether it is rotating clockwise or anti-clockwise.
text: planets and satellites Planets, dwarf planets and plutoids orbit the Sun, satellites orbit the planets.
text: This definition, which applies only to the Solar System, states that a planet is a body that orbits the Sun, is massive enough for its own gravity to make it round, and has "cleared its neighbourhood" of smaller objects around its orbit.
text: As the term is applied to bodies in Earth’s solar system, the International Astronomical Union (IAU), which is charged by the scientific community with classifying astronomical objects, lists eight planets orbiting the Sun; in order of increasing distance, they are Mercury , Venus , Earth , Mars , Jupiter , Saturn , Uranus , and Neptune .
text: Third, Kepler found a universal relationship between the orbital properties of all the planets orbiting the Sun.
text: For a planet orbiting the Sun, [latex]\text{r}[/latex] is the distance from the Sun to the planet and [latex]\theta[/latex] is the angle between the planet’s current position and its closest approach, with the Sun as the vertex.
text: It was slow, observational work: stars would remain in their formations above, while a planet orbiting the Sun would change night to night.
text: The planet orbits the Sun once every 285 years.
text: Planets orbit the Sun in the same direction as the original nebula; so do their satellites" and debris from comets and asteroids.
text: The orbital period is the time a given astronomical object takes to complete one orbit around another object, and applies in astronomy usually to planets or asteroids orbiting the Sun, moons orbiting planets, exoplanets orbiting other stars, or binary stars.
text: Key difference: A planet is an object that orbits the Sun in an elliptical orbit, has compounded its matter in a spherical shape and has cleared its orbit of other debris.
text: In summary, a planet is an object that orbits the Sun in an elliptical orbit, has compounded its matter in a spherical shape and has cleared its orbit of other debris.
text: The planets that orbit the Sun are part of the solar system, which includes the Sun and all the bodies that circle it.
text: This explains why the planets orbit the Sun in nearly the same plane and in the same direction.
text: Here you’ll find observing guides for the other planets orbiting the Sun, from bright Venus and red Mars to kingly Jupiter and elegant Saturn.
text: Copernicus discovered in 1543 that planets orbit the sun.
text: A planet is a large body of rock or gas that orbits a star, such as the sun.
text: Dwarf planets became one of three categories of planets that orbit the sun.
text: A Planet must orbit the sun, contain enough gravity for itself such that it overwhelms rigid body forces to assume a nearly round appearance, and have cleared its orbit’s neighborhood.
text: Hozeau suggested that it wasn’t a moon of Venus, but a planet of its own, orbiting the sun once every 283 days and thus being in conjunction with Venus once every 1080 days.