planet
1. planet
any celestial body (other than comets or satellites) that revolves around a star [katero koli nebesno telo (razen kometov ali satelitov), ki kroži okoli zvezde]
2. planet
(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 [(astronomija) kateri od devetih velikih nebesnih teles v Osončju, ki krožijo okoli Sonca in sijejo z odbojno svetlobo; to so Merkur, Venera, Zemlja, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uran, Neptun in Pluton glede na svojo bližino Soncu; opazovano iz ozvezdja Herkula, se vsi planeti vrtijo okoli Sonca v nasprotni smeri urinega kazalca]