SUPERIOR PLANET


Meaning of SUPERIOR PLANET in English

Astron.

any of the six planets whose orbits are outside the orbit of the earth: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Cf. inferior planet, outer planet .

[ 1575-85; i.e., superior in distance from the sun ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .