Planets
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Planets are celestial bodies located within solar systems across the Universe. Current definitions by the International Astronomical Union define a planet that is in orbit around the Sun, has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibirum (nearly round) shape, and has cleared the neighborhood arounds its orbit or within another system.
The Earth's solar system consists of eight planets. (A former ninth planet, Pluto, was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, and reclassified again as a plutoid -- celestial objects that lie within the solar system's Kuiper belt -- in 2008.)
The planets in Earth's solar system have long been a subject of fascination for humans. Many of them have been named after mythological gods, and fantastic stories have been written about them through history. One of the most prominent appearances in art during the beginning of the 20th century was Gustav Holst's The Planets, a symphonic suite inspired by the celestial bodies.
Extraterrestrial Planet Index
- Crayon: home of Tee Hee, an alien featured in the Sesame Street Live shows Big Bird & the ABC's and Sleeping Birdie
- Cute-tron: home of Commander Bunny.
- Enormous: Super Morphin Mega Monsters
- Gorch: referred to in one sketch as being another planet.
- Jupiter: after taking a trip to the moon Selma Worm plans to lay eggs on Jupiter.
- Koozebane
- Lactosia: home of Moo-Ing and his henchman.
- Malamaroo
- Mars
- Neptune
- Planet Grover: discovered and christened by Grover in The Adventures of Grover in Outer Space.
- Thra
- Wheel Planet: unnamed planet in The Adventures of Rowlf in Outer Space, in which every person, place, and object is on wheels, rolling to stay within the view of the sun.
- Zucchini: visited by Elmo in his book Elmo Rides a Spaceship to Somewhere in Space (episode 3990)
- Zurkon: Celestial body around which Lothar the Grouch's home orbits.
