outer planet

noun

: any of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune whose orbits lie beyond the asteroid belt

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The timing of Jupiter's opposition is caused by the differing speeds of Earth, an inner planet 93 miles from the sun, and Jupiter, which is an outer planet 484 million miles from the sun. —

Jamie Carter, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024 But scientists who study the outer planets face severe disadvantages compared with those who study our planetary neighbors. —

David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024 The gravity of the large outer planets, specifically Jupiter for 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, can impact the trajectories of comets, Cooke says. —

Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024 The first mission to orbit an outer planet from pole to pole, Juno is armored with a titanium radiation vault to help protect it against Jupiter’s intense radiation belts. —

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