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major planet
noun
- a planet of the solar system, as opposed to an asteroid (minor planet)
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It had absolutely no parallel, for every other major planet had been known from time immemorial.
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The eccentricity of its orbit, 0.0933, is greater than that of any other major planet except Mercury.
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This was the major planet, surely one of the Dog Star's pack; and he had alighted on one of its moons.
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