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, celestial bodies used in prophecy
• The planet, a term often used to refer to Earth

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

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, 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 French television channel, now known as Planète+
• Planetes, 2003 Sunrise, Inc. manga and anime television series
• Planet or Captain Planet, character in Captain Planet and the Planeteers

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 (review), a French magazine of the fantastic realism literary movement
• 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, an album by the art rock band One Ring Zero
• 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! by The Sugarcubes
• Planet, a series of EPs by Basement Jaxx
• "Planets", a song by Avenged Sevenfold from Hail to the King
• The Planet (album), by Young Ejecta
• "The Planet", a 2023 song by BTS

Transport

• Planet (locomotive), an early British steam railway locomotive
• 'Planet' trademark for petrol locomotives produced by Kent Construction and Engineering Ltd in England after WW1
• 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 uncrewed spacecraft:
  • PLANET-A, alternative name for Suisei (probe)
  • 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), 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 retail clothing brand
• Planet (company), a financial services company specialised in multicurrency payments, credit card processing and the management of Tax-free shopping
• Planet Labs, an American public Earth imaging company

See also

• Planetary (disambiguation)