outer planet
noun
: any of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune whose orbits lie beyond the asteroid belt
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Nor are Jupiter and the other outer planets likely to be at risk when the Sun puffs out into a red giant.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 May 2023
New Horizons is now nearly twice as far from the Sun as Pluto, the outer planets are receding fast, and interstellar space is illuminated by the vast swath of the Milky Way ahead.
—Diane Hope, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2023
The space agency launched Voyager 2 in 1977 to explore the outer planets and interstellar space.
—Harold Maass, The Week, 2 Aug. 2023
Voyager 2 rocketed into space in 1977, along with its identical twin Voyager 1, on a quest to explore the outer planets.
—Marcia Dunn, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023
In our Solar System, some of it was captured by the outer planets before it was lost.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2023
As Eric Berger previously reported, with a mass of 6 metric tons, JUICE is the largest deep space mission launched by the ESA and one of the largest by any nation to the outer planets.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2023
Rather the spacecraft were just following the paths that would give scientists the best views of the outer planets.
—Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2022
Unlike your personal planetary placements, the outer planets have a greater effect on a societal scale.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2023
Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 May 2023
New Horizons is now nearly twice as far from the Sun as Pluto, the outer planets are receding fast, and interstellar space is illuminated by the vast swath of the Milky Way ahead.
—Diane Hope, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2023
The space agency launched Voyager 2 in 1977 to explore the outer planets and interstellar space.
—Harold Maass, The Week, 2 Aug. 2023
Voyager 2 rocketed into space in 1977, along with its identical twin Voyager 1, on a quest to explore the outer planets.
—Marcia Dunn, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023
In our Solar System, some of it was captured by the outer planets before it was lost.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2023
As Eric Berger previously reported, with a mass of 6 metric tons, JUICE is the largest deep space mission launched by the ESA and one of the largest by any nation to the outer planets.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2023
Rather the spacecraft were just following the paths that would give scientists the best views of the outer planets.
—Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2022
Unlike your personal planetary placements, the outer planets have a greater effect on a societal scale.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2023
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“Outer planet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outer%20planet. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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