A classical planet is an astronomical object that is visible to the naked eye and moves across the sky and its backdrop of fixed stars (the common stars...

A planet symbol or planetary symbol is a graphical symbol used in astrology and astronomy to represent a classical planet (including the Sun and the Moon)...

total of 7 planets. The ancient Babylonians, Greeks, Persians, Romans, Medieval Christians, and others thought of the 7 Classical Planets as gods and...

has eight planets by the most restrictive definition of the term: the terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, and the giant planets Jupiter...

like the eight classical planets of the Solar System. The prototypical dwarf planet is Pluto, which for decades was regarded as a planet before the "dwarf"...

overlapped. Frequently used symbols include signs of the zodiac and classical planets. These originate from medieval Byzantine codices. Their current form...

this class. The term "dwarf planet" would have been available to describe all planets smaller than the eight "classical planets" in orbit around the Sun...

being the brightest planets were given rulership of the brightest months of the year and Saturn the coldest furthest classical planet was given to the coldest...

moons List of planet types (etymologically accepting of multiple categories) Lists of astronomical objects Classical planet Definition of planet List of exoplanet...

making a total of seven planets. The seven days of the week of the Hindu calendar also corresponds with the seven classical planets and related day names...