planetary
adjective
plan·e·tary
ˈpla-nə-ˌter-ē 
1
2
a
: of, relating to, or belonging to the earth : terrestrial
3
: having or consisting of an epicyclic train of gear wheels
Synonyms
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- colossal
- cosmic
- cosmical
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- galactic
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- gigantic
- grand
- herculean
- heroic
- heroical
- Himalayan
- huge
- humongous
- humungous
- immense
- jumbo
- king-size
- king-sized
- leviathan
- mammoth
- massive
- mega
- mighty
- monster
- monstrous
- monumental
- mountainous
- oceanic
- pharaonic
- prodigious
- super
- super-duper
- supersize
- supersized
- titanic
- tremendous
- vast
- vasty
- walloping
- whacking
- whopping
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Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
Brown, a professor of planetary astronomy at Caltech, discovered another small world called Eris in the Kuiper Belt — a vast ring of icy objects beyond Neptune’s orbit that also happens to be the former ninth planet’s neighborhood.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Today, the extrasolar planetary count is pushing 6000.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The spacecraft is scheduled to spend 18 months studying Apophis during and after its Earth encounter, providing unprecedented insights into how planetary flybys can reshape such ancient space rocks.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Planetary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planetary. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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