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Meanings of planet in English

Russian
планета
Portuguese
planeta
Spanish
planeta
Catalan
planeta
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Celestial body directly orbiting a star or stellar remnant.

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        планета
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        planeta
        Catalan
        planeta
        Spanish
        planeta

        (Astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction.

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              planeta
              Portuguese
              satélite
              Catalan
              satèl·lit
              Spanish
              satélite

              A person who follows or serves another.

                    satélite
                    Usage of planet in English
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                    So consider the train within Europe and do the planet a favour.
                    The Guardian
                    2
                    Unfortunately, neither instrument found any evidence of a planet-wide subsurface water system.
                    The Guardian
                    3
                    Beyond capitalism and socialism: could a new economic approach save the planet?
                    The Guardian
                    4
                    The planet's inhabitants will remain gloomy, however, even despite their new surroundings.
                    Wired
                    5
                    As hope for the planet flickers, governments must take brave new steps.
                    The panic zone
                    6
                    I didn't need to leave the planet to find the right answer.
                    An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
                    7
                    That's good for business, good for people, and amazing for the planet.
                    Wired
                    8
                    Case in point: the multitudinous rings and ringlets of the planet Saturn.
                    Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
                    9
                    A decade ago they crashed the economy; now they're crashing the planet.
                    The Guardian
                    10
                    People gotta understand the planet is no different than our bodies, right?
                    Ebony
                    11
                    The planet's largest car market, China, is moving in the same direction.
                    Wired
                    12
                    The Moritani home planet of Grumman, however, was in far worse shape.
                    Paul of dune
                    13
                    Second, they could increase taxes on carbon to prevent the planet frying.
                    Reuters
                    14
                    Indeed, one in four animal species on this planet is a beetle.
                    Wired
                    15
                    You know we need to work together as a planet on this.
                    Wired
                    16
                    We need to change our bias against remote areas of this planet.
                    Reuters
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