major planet

noun

a planet of the solar system, as opposed to an asteroid (minor planet)

Words Nearby major planet

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major orders
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Major Prophet
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major seminary
major seventh chord

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How to use major planet in a sentence

It had absolutely no parallel, for every other major planet had been known from time immemorial.
Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works | Edward Singleton Holden
The eccentricity of its orbit, 0.0933, is greater than that of any other major planet except Mercury.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 7 | Various
This was the major planet, surely one of the Dog Star's pack; and he had alighted on one of its moons.
Palos of the Dog Star Pack | J. U. Giesy

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