Planetary
adjective
Related to or belonging to a planet or planets.
Planetary motions are studied in astronomy.
Often appears as...
- planetary system
- planetary motion
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Technical
adjective
Worldwide or global.
We are facing planetary challenges like climate change.
Often appears as...
- planetary scale
- planetary issues
adjective
Of or like a planet; moving in an orbit.
Mercury's planetary rotation is slower than Earth's.
Often appears as...
- planetary rotation
- planetary orbit
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Technical
adjective
Related to or belonging to a planet or planets.
Planetary motions are studied in astronomy.
Often appears as...
- planetary system
- planetary motion
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Worldwide or global.
We are facing planetary challenges like climate change.
Often appears as...
- planetary scale
- planetary issues
adjective
Of or like a planet; moving in an orbit.
Mercury's planetary rotation is slower than Earth's.
Often appears as...
- planetary rotation
- planetary orbit
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Astronomy Usage
The term 'planetary' is common in astronomy to describe elements related to planets.
The planetary nebula was observed through the telescope.
Pro Tip 2/2Scientific Context
'Planetary' reveals that the subject is treated from a scientific or technical viewpoint.
Planetary geology investigates the rock formations of Mars.
Pro Tip 1/2Astronomy Usage
The term 'planetary' is common in astronomy to describe elements related to planets.
The planetary nebula was observed through the telescope.
Pro Tip 2/2Scientific Context
'Planetary' reveals that the subject is treated from a scientific or technical viewpoint.
Planetary geology investigates the rock formations of Mars.
Pro Tip 1/2Astronomy Usage
The term 'planetary' is common in astronomy to describe elements related to planets.
The planetary nebula was observed through the telescope.
Pro Tip 2/2Scientific Context
'Planetary' reveals that the subject is treated from a scientific or technical viewpoint.
Planetary geology investigates the rock formations of Mars.
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Why people believe weird...
and he couldn't quite make out what he was looking at. So he wrote that he had seen -- "I have observed that the furthest planet has three bodies." And this is what he ended up concluding that he saw. So without a theory of planetary rings and with only grainy data, you can't have a good theory.
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Carolyn Porco: This is...
In other words, we have possibly stumbled upon the holy grail of modern day planetary exploration, or in other words, an environment that is potentially suitable for living organisms. And I don't think I need to tell you that the discovery of life elsewhere in our solar system,
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What does an alien look...
and they look a lot like these microbial tubules we also study impact craters these are observed on every planetary body in the solar system and they're created when an asteroid or comet hits the planet or a moon they have a very destructive reputation but they actually
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Let the environment...
to support human development as we know it. It's also good news, because the planetary risks we're facing are so large, that business as usual is not an option. In fact, we're in a phase where transformative change is necessary, which opens the window for innovation,
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Exoplanets 101 PIPE...
these bodies often orbit their own stars, with some being a part of entire planetary systems. Exoplanets are made of the same elements as the world's and our solar system, and based on their composition and structures are just as diverse.
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Is there a limit to...
whether alien civilizations out there in the universe or our own, into three levels based on energy consumption. The tiny amount of energy we currently consume pales next to what we leave untapped. A Type I, or planetary civilization,
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Surviving a nuclear...
characterized by a nation versus nation very fragile standoff and basically we lived for all those years and some might argue that we still do in a situation of being on the brink literally of an apocalyptic planetary calamity
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What’s the difference...
He developed three brilliant laws of planetary motion while he was studying decades of precise astronomical data in an effort to find support for his theory. While his three laws are still in use today,
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Calculating The Odds of...
F-sub-p is the fraction of stars that have planets. N-sub-e is the average number of habitable planets in any planetary system. F-sub-l is the fraction of planets on which life actually begins
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A Moment in The Sun PIPE...
first rocks eventually gravity assembled the rocks to create planetary embryos but in time form the four closest planets to the Sun
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Why people believe weird...
and he couldn't quite make out what he was looking at. So he wrote that he had seen -- "I have observed that the furthest planet has three bodies." And this is what he ended up concluding that he saw. So without a theory of planetary rings and with only grainy data, you can't have a good theory.
Video examples
Carolyn Porco: This is...
In other words, we have possibly stumbled upon the holy grail of modern day planetary exploration, or in other words, an environment that is potentially suitable for living organisms. And I don't think I need to tell you that the discovery of life elsewhere in our solar system,
Video examples
What does an alien look...
and they look a lot like these microbial tubules we also study impact craters these are observed on every planetary body in the solar system and they're created when an asteroid or comet hits the planet or a moon they have a very destructive reputation but they actually
Video examples
Let the environment...
to support human development as we know it. It's also good news, because the planetary risks we're facing are so large, that business as usual is not an option. In fact, we're in a phase where transformative change is necessary, which opens the window for innovation,
Video examples
Exoplanets 101 PIPE...
these bodies often orbit their own stars, with some being a part of entire planetary systems. Exoplanets are made of the same elements as the world's and our solar system, and based on their composition and structures are just as diverse.
Video examples
Is there a limit to...
whether alien civilizations out there in the universe or our own, into three levels based on energy consumption. The tiny amount of energy we currently consume pales next to what we leave untapped. A Type I, or planetary civilization,
Video examples
Surviving a nuclear...
characterized by a nation versus nation very fragile standoff and basically we lived for all those years and some might argue that we still do in a situation of being on the brink literally of an apocalyptic planetary calamity
Video examples
What’s the difference...
He developed three brilliant laws of planetary motion while he was studying decades of precise astronomical data in an effort to find support for his theory. While his three laws are still in use today,
Video examples
Calculating The Odds of...
F-sub-p is the fraction of stars that have planets. N-sub-e is the average number of habitable planets in any planetary system. F-sub-l is the fraction of planets on which life actually begins
Video examples
A Moment in The Sun PIPE...
first rocks eventually gravity assembled the rocks to create planetary embryos but in time form the four closest planets to the Sun
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Alex Steffen
American Writer
We're not going to persuade people in the developing world to go without, but neither can we afford a planet on which everyone lives like an American. Billions more people living in suburbs and driving SUVs to shopping malls is a recipe for planetary suicide. We can't even afford to continue that way of life ourselves.
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George Smoot
American Scientist
For many centuries, humans have speculated that there might be planetary systems around other stars and that there could be extraterrestrial life there and even intelligent being. However, those were simply speculations, and now we have evidence for the first part of these ideas.
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Nick Sagan
American Novelist
My father was not only a planetary scientist and a great popularizer of science, but he thought very deeply about the world. He was a scholar, he studied history. He taught a class in critical thinking, and he was very, very aware of the directions we might go.
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Max Heindel
Danish Celebrity
When we realize that human beings are entering the world constantly and that each being is stamped at the first complete breath with the planetary pattern then in the sky, everyone must necessarily be different from everybody else.
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Carolyn Porco
American Scientist
In any 'big science' enterprise, like planetary exploration, where you must work in big teams of similarly driven people, it is important also to know how to work alongside others even when they may be your fiercest competitors.
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Graham Hawkes
English Designer
Space exploration promised us alien life, lucrative planetary mining, and fabulous lunar colonies. News flash, ladies and gents: Space is nearly empty. It's a sterile vacuum, filled mostly with the junk we put up there.
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
There is no fixed physical reality, no single perception of the world, just numerous ways of interpreting world views as dictated by one's nervous system and the specific environment of our planetary existence.
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David Grinspoon
American Scientist
I think that an advanced planetary civilization will modify their own planets to be more stable, to prevent asteroid impacts and dangerous climate fluctuations.
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Rusty Schweickart
American Astronaut
No government in the world today has explicitly assigned the responsibility for planetary protection to any of its agencies.
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Lorne Greene
Canadian Actor
The world is not the prettiest place in this planetary universe.
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Alex Steffen
American Writer
We're not going to persuade people in the developing world to go without, but neither can we afford a planet on which everyone lives like an American. Billions more people living in suburbs and driving SUVs to shopping malls is a recipe for planetary suicide. We can't even afford to continue that way of life ourselves.
Quote examples
George Smoot
American Scientist
For many centuries, humans have speculated that there might be planetary systems around other stars and that there could be extraterrestrial life there and even intelligent being. However, those were simply speculations, and now we have evidence for the first part of these ideas.
Quote examples
Nick Sagan
American Novelist
My father was not only a planetary scientist and a great popularizer of science, but he thought very deeply about the world. He was a scholar, he studied history. He taught a class in critical thinking, and he was very, very aware of the directions we might go.
Quote examples
Max Heindel
Danish Celebrity
When we realize that human beings are entering the world constantly and that each being is stamped at the first complete breath with the planetary pattern then in the sky, everyone must necessarily be different from everybody else.
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Carolyn Porco
American Scientist
In any 'big science' enterprise, like planetary exploration, where you must work in big teams of similarly driven people, it is important also to know how to work alongside others even when they may be your fiercest competitors.
Quote examples
Graham Hawkes
English Designer
Space exploration promised us alien life, lucrative planetary mining, and fabulous lunar colonies. News flash, ladies and gents: Space is nearly empty. It's a sterile vacuum, filled mostly with the junk we put up there.
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Deepak Chopra
American Speaker
There is no fixed physical reality, no single perception of the world, just numerous ways of interpreting world views as dictated by one's nervous system and the specific environment of our planetary existence.
Quote examples
David Grinspoon
American Scientist
I think that an advanced planetary civilization will modify their own planets to be more stable, to prevent asteroid impacts and dangerous climate fluctuations.
Quote examples
Rusty Schweickart
American Astronaut
No government in the world today has explicitly assigned the responsibility for planetary protection to any of its agencies.
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Lorne Greene
Canadian Actor
The world is not the prettiest place in this planetary universe.
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