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outer planet — n. any of the five planets with an orbit outside of the orbit of Mars; Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto … English World dictionary
Outer Planet Flagship Mission — The Outer Planet Flagship Mission is a joint mission between NASA and ESA to send a probe to study the icy satellites of the outer Solar System. There are two primary candidate missions under study: Europa Jupiter System Mission (EJSM) and Titan… … Wikipedia
outer planet — noun (astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) • Topics: ↑astronomy, ↑uranology • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
outer planet — noun Any planet of the Solar System whose orbit is located beyond the asteroid belt, i.e., any of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune. See Also: inner planet … Wiktionary
outer planet — noun Date: 1941 any of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto whose orbits lie beyond the asteroid belt … New Collegiate Dictionary
outer planet — out′er plan′et n. astron. any of the five planets with orbits outside the orbit of Mars: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto • Etymology: 1940–45 … From formal English to slang
Outer planets — From top to bottom: Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, and Jupiter to approximate scale and color. The outer planets are those planets in the Solar System beyond the asteroid belt, which typically refers to these gas giant planets in order of their… … Wikipedia
outer — adj. & n. adj. 1 outside; external (pierced the outer layer). 2 farther from the centre or inside; relatively far out. 3 objective or physical, not subjective or psychical. n. 1 a the division of a target furthest from the bull s eye. b a shot… … Useful english dictionary
Planet Uranus — Uranus Uranus (Aufnahme durch Voyager 2, 1986) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Outer Planets Mission Analysis Group — The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is the NASA center primarily responsible for robotic space missions to the planets of our solar system. The group within JPL that is responsible for the design of missions to the outer planets (the planets beyond… … Wikipedia
