planet

Summary

planet is an astronomical object type^[1]. planet ranks in the top 1% of astronomical_object_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,908 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• planet's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type^[3].
• planet is a type of planetary-mass object^[4].
• planet is a type of substellar object^[5].
• planet is part of planetary system^[6].
• planet's Commons category is recorded as Planets^[7].
• planet's parent astronomical body is recorded as star system^[8].
• planet's child astronomical body is recorded as artificial satellite^[9].
• planet's child astronomical body is recorded as planetocentric orbit^[10].
• planet's Unicode character is recorded as 🪐^[11].
• planet's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Planets^[12].
• planet's described at URL is recorded as https://www.whosonfirst.org/docs/placetypes/#planet^[13].
• planet's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[14].
• planet's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• planet's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• planet's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[17].
• planet's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[18].
• planet's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[19].
• planet's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• planet's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[21].
• planet's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• planet's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[23].
• planet's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox planet^[24].
• planet's topic has template is recorded as Q22772854^[25].
• planet's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/tags/planet^[26].
• planet's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/planets^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

planet's instance of is recorded as astronomical object type^[3]. Recorded subclass of include planetary-mass object^[4] and substellar object^[5].

Use and Application

planet is part of planetary system^[6].

Influence

Things named for planet include blanet^[28], a scientific hypothesis^[29]; Planet Heights^[30], a mountain range^[31]; and planetary probe^[32].

Why It Matters

planet ranks in the top 1% of astronomical_object_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,908 views/month).^[2] planet has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] planet is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for planet include blanet^[28], a scientific hypothesis^[29]; Planet Heights^[30], a mountain range^[31]; and planetary probe^[32].