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English Dictionary: major planet by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
major planet
n
  1. (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
    Synonym(s): planet, major planet
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