Planet (disambiguation)
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A planet, in astronomy, is one of a class of celestial bodies that orbit stars. (A dwarf planet is a similar, but officially mutually exclusive, class of body.)
- For articles on specific types of planet, see List of planets
Planet or Planets may also refer to:
- Planets in astrology, another concept referring to celestial bodies but as used in prophecy
As an acronym
- Professional Landcare Network, a US organization for lawn care, landscape architecture and related professionals
- Probing Lensing Anomalies Network, a network of optical astronomical telescopes used for photometry
- Postal Alpha Numeric Encoding Technique, a barcoding system for sorting mail used by the US Postal Service
Computing
- Planet (software), software for collecting posts from RSS feeds and republishing them on a website
- Planet Network, network of video game-related websites operated by GameSpy
- Planet Online, UK Internet service provider
- The Planet Internet Services, large dedicated hosting service provider
Magazines and newspapers
- Planet (magazine), a Welsh cultural and political quarterly
- Planet Magazine, on-line science fiction magazine
- Planet PC, a British computer gaming magazine
- Planet Stories, science fiction magazine published from 1939-1955
- Planète, a French magazine of the fantastic realism literary movement
- The Daily Planet, a fictional newspaper in the Superman universe
Music
- The Planets, a suite of orchestral music by Gustav Holst
- The Planets (band), a classical music band formed by Mike Batt
- Planets (Adema album), by Adema
- Planets (Eloy album), by the German band Eloy from 1982
- "Planets" (EP), a hit song by the Australian pop-rock band Short Stack
- "Planet", a song from the album Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week! by The Sugarcubes
- Planet (Basement Jaxx albums), a series of EPs by Basement Jaxx
- "Planets", a song by Avenged Sevenfold from Hail to the King (Avenged Sevenfold album)
- The Planet (album), by Young Ejecta
Transport
- Planet (locomotive), an early British railway locomotive
- 2-2-0, a class of railway locomotives including the latter
- Planet Airways, a US airline
- Cagiva Planet, an Italian motorcycle
- The PLANET series of Japanese unmanned spacecraft:
- PLANET-A, alternative name for Suisei (probe)
- PLANET-B, alternative name for Nozomi (probe)
- PLANET-C, alternative name for Akatsuki (probe)
Entertainment
- The Planets (TV series), 1999 BBC TV miniseries
- Planetes, 2003 Sunrise, Inc. manga and anime TV series
- VGA Planets, a turn-based PC strategy game
- The Planet (film), a 2006 Swedish documentary film
- Planète (TV channel), a French television channel that primarily broadcasts documentaries
Retail
- Planet, a Jacques Vert Plc Clothing Brand
Sport
- "The Planets", nickname given to Kenyan association football club Ligi Ndogo S.C.
See also
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