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Meanings of inferior planet in English

Russian
внутренние планеты
Spanish
planeta inferior
Catalan
planeta inferior

Planet in the Solar System inside the orbit of Earth.

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внутренние планеты
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Examples for "superior planet"
Examples for "superior planet"
1
It has probably vanished from the moon and all inferior planets, and it has not yet come to the superior planets, except maybe to Mars.
Time and Change
Usage of inferior planet in English
1
The earth is a very inferior planet, decidedly.
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
2
Unquestionably a sun-spot had been seen by earlier observers, and by them mistaken for the transit of an inferior planet.
A History of Science — Volume 2
3
The inferior planets are Mercury, Venus, the Earth, and Mars.
God and My Neighbour
4
Leaving the inferior planets, we come to a series of important and interesting objects.
Half-hours with the Telescope / Being a Popular Guide to the Use...
5
It has probably vanished from the moon and all inferior planets, and it has not yet come to the superior planets, except maybe to Mars.
Time and Change
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