outer planet (redirected from outer planets)

outer planet

n.

Any of the five planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, with orbits outside that of Mars.

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outer planet

Any of the five planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, whose orbits lie outside that of Mars. With the exception of Pluto, the outer planets are large gas giants. Compare inner planet. See also superior planet.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

outer planet - (astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole major planet, 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 solar system - the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field