Outer Planet Definition & Meaning

Example Sentences

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The outer planets are surrounded by dozens of moons locked in thick shells of ice.

From Science Daily

Voyager 1 and its twin probe, Voyager 2, were launched in 1977 on a mission to explore the outer planets.

From New York Times

Those outer planets are also forcing the inner rocky planet into an eccentric orbit around the star that squeezes it as it orbits and rotates.

From Science Daily

These roles reflected how long it took each planet to orbit the Sun, lower speeds for the outer planets and higher speeds for the inner planets.

From Salon

Maybe we can convince them to go out into the solar system to mine the outer planets and harvest the sun’s energy.

From Scientific American