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 The following are lists of planets. __NOTOC__ In the Solar System *For a list of geophysical planets in the Solar System, see: List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System This also includes a list of the eight planets according t ...

Planet or Planets may also refer to: * Planets in astrology, celestial bodies used in prophecy * The planet, a term often used to refer to Earth

As an acronym

Professional Landcare Network The National Association of Landscape Professionals, formerly known as the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET), is a professional body for lawn care professionals, landscape management professionals (exterior maintenance contractors), design/ ...

, 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 The Postal Alpha Numeric Encoding Technique (PLANET) barcode was used by the United States Postal Service to identify and track pieces of mail during delivery - the Post Office's "CONFIRM" services. It was fully superseded by Intelligent Mail Ba ...

, a barcoding system for sorting mail used by the US Postal Service

Computing

Planet (software) Planet is a feed aggregator that runs on a web server. It creates pages with entries from the original feeds in chronological order, most recent entries first. Etymology In online media a planet is a feed aggregator application designed to col ...

, software for collecting posts from RSS feeds and republishing them on a website *

Planet Network GameSpy was an American provider of online multiplayer and matchmaking middleware for video games founded in 1996 by Mark Surfas. After the release of a multiplayer server browser for the game, QSpy, Surfas licensed the software under the GameS ...

, network of video game-related websites operated by GameSpy *

Planet Online Planet Online was a UK business-to-business Internet Service Provider. Based in Leeds, it was started by local businessman and multi-millionaire Peter Wilkinson and Paul Sykes in July 1995. Managed from a purpose-built NOC in Leeds, Planet's n ...

, UK Internet service provider * The Planet Internet Services, large dedicated hosting service provider

Film and television

* ''The Planet'' (film), a 2006 Swedish documentary film * ''The Planets'' (film), 1983 *''The Planets'', first-season title of ''

The Planets and Beyond ''The Planets'', retitled ''The Planets and Beyond'' for its second season, is a documentary television series produced by the Science Channel that aired from 2017 to 2019. It explores the planets and of the Solar System, exoplanets, and other a ...

'', a Science Channel documentary series * ''The Planets'' (1999 TV series), a BBC TV documentary series * ''The Planets'' (2019 TV series), a BBC TV documentary series presented by Professor Brian Cox *

Planète (TV channel) 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 m ...

, a French television channel, now known as Planète+ * ''

Planetes ''Planētes'', "Wanderers", lead=yes is a Japanese hard science fiction manga written and illustrated by Makoto Yukimura. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Morning'' between January 1999 to January 2004, with its ...

'', 2003 Sunrise, Inc. manga and anime television series *Planet or Captain Planet, character in '' Captain Planet and the Planeteers''

Magazines and newspapers

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Planet (magazine) ''Planet'' (also known as ''Planet: The Welsh Internationalist'') is a quarterly cultural and political magazine published in Aberystwyth, Wales. It looks at Wales from an international perspective, and at the world from the standpoint of Wales. ...

'', a Welsh cultural and political quarterly *''

Planet Magazine ''Planet Magazine'' is a free American online fantasy and science fiction magazine A science fiction magazine is a publication that offers primarily science fiction, either in a hard-copy periodical format or on the Internet. Science fictio ...

'', on-line science fiction magazine *''

Planet PC ''Planet PC'' was a British PC gaming magazine aimed at pre-teens, first published in December 1999. It was issued monthly by Future plc in Bath, Somerset, and was backed by a marketing budget of . Similar magazines published by Future included ...

'', a British computer gaming magazine *'' Planet Stories'', science fiction magazine published from 1939-1955 * ''Planète'' (review), a French magazine of the fantastic realism literary movement * '' Daily Planet'', a fictional newspaper in the Superman universe

Music

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The Planets ''The Planets'', Op. 32, is a seven- movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917. In the last movement the orchestra is joined by a wordless female chorus. Each movement of the suite is name ...

'', a suite of orchestral music by Gustav Holst *

The Planets (band) The Planets was a classical crossover music band formed by Mike Batt in 2001. The Planets made their public debut supporting Deep Purple's 2002 UK tour. The band was made of: *Ruth Miller (flute) *Ben Pugsley (electric, classical and flamenco gui ...

, a classical music band formed by Mike Batt * ''Planets'' (Adema album), by Adema * ''Planets'', an album by the art rock band

One Ring Zero One Ring Zero is a modern music group led by Joshua Camp and Michael Hearst that melds many genres and sounds to create a unique type of music. Instruments Hearst plays the theremin and guitar, and Camp plays the accordion and piano. They both pl ...

* ''Planets'' (Eloy album), by the German band Eloy from 1982 * "Planets" (song), a 2010 song by the Australian pop-rock band Short Stack * "Planet", a song from the album ''

Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week! ''Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!'' is the second studio album by Icelandic alternative rock band the Sugarcubes, released in September 1989 through Elektra Records. A version of the album sung in Icelandic titled ''Illur Arfur!'' (English: ''Bad ...

'' by The Sugarcubes * ''Planet'', a series of EPs by

Basement Jaxx Basement Jaxx are an English electronic music duo consisting of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe. The pair got their name from the regular club night they held in Brixton, London, UK. They first rose to popularity in the underground house scene ...

* "Planets", a song by Avenged Sevenfold from '' Hail to the King'' * ''The Planet'' (album), by Young Ejecta

Transport

* Planet (locomotive), an early British steam railway locomotive * 'Planet' trademark for petrol locomotives produced by

Kent Construction and Engineering Kent Construction and Engineering Co Ltd of Victoria Works, Victoria Road, Ashford, Kent are best known for purchasing many former World War I War Department Light Railways, War Department Light Railway locomotives at the end of the war, both nar ...

Ltd in England after WW1 *

2-2-0 Under Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-2-0 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, two powered driving wheels on one axle, and no trailing wheels. This configuration, which became very p ...

, a class of railway locomotives including the latter *

Planet Airways Planet Airways was an airline based in Orlando, Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States, USA which was established as Airship Airways in 1998 before being renamed with the current name in 2000. It operated charter services within the USA and ...

, a US airline *

Cagiva Planet The Cagiva Mito ( en, Myth) is a small-engined Cagiva sports motorcycle. The powerplant consists of a two-stroke ' single-cylinder engine. History and development The Cagiva Mito was the first bike of Valentino Rossi, eventual 9 time MotoGP wo ...

, an Italian motorcycle *The PLANET series of Japanese unmanned spacecraft: ** PLANET-A, alternative name for

Suisei (probe) , originally known as Planet-A, was an unmanned space probe developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (now part of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA). It constituted a part of the Halley Armada together wi ...

** PLANET-B, alternative name for Nozomi (probe) ** PLANET-C, alternative name for Akatsuki (probe) * Name of several German oceanographic research vessels: ** SMS Planet (1905), survey ship of the Kaiserliche Marine **

Planet (1967) A planet is a large, Hydrostatic equilibrium, rounded Astronomical object, astronomical body that is neither a star nor its Stellar remnant, remnant. The best available theory of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an ...

, research vessel of the German Navy ** Planet (2005), research vessel of the German Navy

Sport

* "The Planets", nickname given to Kenyan association football club Ligi Ndogo S.C. * Planet (horse), a racing horse

Other uses

* Planet, a

Jacques Vert Calvetron Brands Limited (formerly Jacques Vert Group and Style Group Brands) is a British fashion house and womenswear concession retailer. Calvetron Brands is in over 470 outlets in the UK, Europe and Canada and has seven brands: Jacques Vert ...

retail clothing brand *

Planet (company) Planet (formerly known as Fintrax and Premier Tax Free), is a financial services company, specialised in multicurrency payments, credit card processing and the management of VAT refunds for tourists. Planet provide their services to overseas vis ...

, a financial services company specialised in multicurrency payments, credit card processing and the management of Tax-free shopping *

Planet Labs Planet Labs PBC (formerly Planet Labs, Inc. and Cosmogia, Inc.) is an American public Earth imaging company based in San Francisco, California. Their goal is to image the entirety of the Earth daily to monitor changes and pinpoint trends. The co ...

, an American public Earth imaging company