English-Dutch translations for planet

• planeet
  Onze planeet geeft ons een SOS-bericht. The planet is sending us an SOS message.
  Er is maar één warm pleidooi dat van belang is, en dat is voor de planeet. There is only one special case, and that is the planet.
  Dan vraag je je toch af op welke planeet mijnheer Brok woont. One wonders what planet Herr Brok lives on.

Definition of planet

• Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
• A body which orbits the Sun directly and is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium and to dominate its orbit; specifically, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
• A large body which directly orbits any star but which has not attained nuclear fusion

Related words

• planetarium
• planetree
• interplanetary
• exoplanet
• planetary
• planetoid
• planetesimal
• protoplanet
• planetquake