Assertion: planet | /r/CapableOf | orbit star
Facets:
value: under the new definition
type: OTHER
value: generally
type: DEGREE
value: in isolation
type: MANNER
value: in effect
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: A planet is a large celestial body, consisting of rocks and gas, that orbits a star and does not shine on its own but reflects the star's light.
text: Today we know that other planets orbit other stars.
text: Most systems have only one star but a few have two or three stars, either orbiting each other with the planets around them or far enough from each other that a few planets orbit each star.
text: A planet is a celestial body that revolves around a star.
text: In effect, it orbits its star in isolation, as opposed to sharing its orbit with a multitude of similar-sized objects.
text: Earth is one of eight planets that circle the star we call the sun.
text: The orbit is the pathway that allows the planet to move around a star.
text: A planet is a large object that orbits around a star or a stellar remnant.
text: New orbiting telescopes are being planned that may give us our first views of a planet orbiting another star.
text: Planets that revolve around other stars are called exoplanets.
text: Under the new definition, planets must orbit a star, be spherical in shape, and clear out their neighbourhood of orbital debris.
text: A moon may also be referred to as a natural satellite, although to differentiate it from other astronomical bodies orbiting another body, e.g. a planet orbiting a star, the term moon is used exclusively to make a reference to a planet’s natural satellite.
text: In the case of planets orbiting a star, the mass of the star and all its satellites are calculated to be at a single point called the barycenter.
text: For centuries, the common understanding was that a planet was a large object orbiting a star.
text: While a planet is a world which orbits a star, a moon is a world which orbits a planet.
text: A planet is a large object that orbits a star.
text: The differential equations of motion for a body under the central inverse square gravitational force (for a planet orbiting a star or a satellite orbiting the planet) have exact analytic solutions (a single-body Kepler problem).
text: Planets generally orbited stars, but rogue planets (COMIC: The Rogue Planet) and wandering planetoids were not uncommon.
text: Since then, however, scientists have discovered more than 400 planets orbiting other stars.
text: Currently, according to the IAU, there is no agreed upon system for designating exoplanets (planets orbiting other stars).
text: Planets that orbit other stars are referred to as Exoplanets.
text: Most systems have only one star but a few have two or three stars, either orbiting each other with the planets around them or far enough from each other that a few planets orbit each star.
text: According to current definitions, all planets must revolve around stars; thus, any potential "rogue planets" are excluded.