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Definition of planet

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A planet is a big thing in space.

Copernican heliocentrism diagram-2.jpg
Copernican heliocentrism diagram-2.jpg
It moves around the sun. It must be round like a ball. It also clears its path of small rocks. This helps us know what a planet is. Do you like to look at the stars?
Jupiter and the Galilean moons animation.gif
Jupiter and the Galilean moons animation.gif

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File:Apparent retrograde motion of Mars in 2003.gif
Apparent retrograde motion of Mars in 2003.gif
File:Copernican heliocentrism diagram-2.jpg
Copernican heliocentrism diagram-2.jpg
File:Uranuslauf November Dezember2022.gif
Uranuslauf November Dezember2022.gif
File:Jupiter and the Galilean moons animation.gif
Jupiter and the Galilean moons animation.gif
File:AnimatedOrbitOf1Ceres.gif
AnimatedOrbitOf1Ceres.gif
File:Outersolarsystem objectpositions labels comp.png
Outersolarsystem objectpositions labels comp.png
File:InnerSolarSystem-en.png
InnerSolarSystem-en.png
File:Proteus (Voyager 2).jpg
Proteus (Voyager 2).jpg
File:Pluto-Charon system-new.gif
Pluto-Charon system-new.gif
File:Moon trajectory1.png
Moon trajectory1.png
File:Brown Dwarf Gliese 229B.jpg
Brown Dwarf Gliese 229B.jpg
File:Sol Cha-110913-773444 Jupiter.jpg
Sol Cha-110913-773444 Jupiter.jpg

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