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
  • planetary mass object

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 Chapter 1. Our Youth by BXB
  • "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
  • Planet Marathi, Indian film production company
  • Planet Marathi OTT, Indian OTT platform

See also

  • Planetary (disambiguation)