A planet, in astronomy, is one of a class of celestial bodies that orbit stars. (A dwarf planet is a similar, but officially mutually exclusive, class of body.)
For articles on specific types of planet, see List of planets
Planet or Planets may also refer to:
Planets in astrology, celestial bodies used in prophecy The planet, a term often used to refer to Earth planetary mass object
As an acronym Professional Landcare Network, a US organization for lawn care, landscape architecture and related professionals Probing Lensing Anomalies Network, a network of optical astronomical telescopes used for photometry Postal Alpha Numeric Encoding Technique, a barcoding system for sorting mail used by the US Postal Service
Computing Planet (software), software for collecting posts from RSS feeds and republishing them on a website Planet Network, network of video game-related websites operated by GameSpy Planet Online, UK Internet service provider Planet (franchise), video game franchise by Frontier Developments The Planet Internet Services, large dedicated hosting service provider
Film and television The Planet (film), a 2006 Swedish documentary film The Planets (film), 1983 The Planets, first-season title of The Planets and Beyond, a Science Channel documentary series The Planets (1999 TV series), a BBC TV documentary series The Planets (2019 TV series), a BBC TV documentary series presented by Professor Brian Cox Planète (TV channel), a French television channel, now known as Planète+ Planetes, 2003 Sunrise, Inc. manga and anime television series Planet or Captain Planet, character in Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Magazines and newspapers Planet (magazine), a Welsh cultural and political quarterly Planet Magazine, on-line science fiction magazine Planet PC, a British computer gaming magazine Planet Stories, science fiction magazine published from 1939–1955 Planète (review), a French magazine of the fantastic realism literary movement Daily Planet, a fictional newspaper in the Superman universe
Music The Planets, a suite of orchestral music by Gustav Holst The Planets (band), a classical music band formed by Mike Batt Planets (Adema album), by Adema Planets, an album by the art rock band One Ring Zero Planets (Eloy album), by the German band Eloy from 1982 "Planets" (song), a 2010 song by the Australian pop-rock band Short Stack "Planet", a song from the album Chapter 1. Our Youth by BXB "Planet", a song from the album Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week! by The Sugarcubes Planet, a series of EPs by Basement Jaxx "Planets", a song by Avenged Sevenfold from Hail to the King The Planet (album), by Young Ejecta "The Planet", a 2023 song by BTS
Transport Planet (locomotive), an early British steam railway locomotive 'Planet' trademark for petrol locomotives produced by Kent Construction and Engineering Ltd in England after WW1 2-2-0, a class of railway locomotives including the latter Planet Airways, a US airline Cagiva Planet, an Italian motorcycle The PLANET series of Japanese uncrewed spacecraft: PLANET-A, alternative name for Suisei (probe) PLANET-B, alternative name for Nozomi (probe) PLANET-C, alternative name for Akatsuki (probe) Name of several German oceanographic research vessels: SMS Planet (1905), survey ship of the Kaiserliche Marine Planet (1967), research vessel of the German Navy Planet (2005), research vessel of the German Navy
Sport "The Planets", nickname given to Kenyan association football club Ligi Ndogo S.C. Planet (horse), a racing horse
Other uses Planet Records (Australian record label), a defunct Australian record label Planet, a Jacques Vert retail clothing brand Planet (company), a financial services company specialised in multicurrency payments, credit card processing and the management of Tax-free shopping Planet Labs, an American public Earth imaging company Planet Marathi, Indian film production company Planet Marathi OTT, Indian OTT platform
See also
Planetary (disambiguation)