giant planet

giant planet (plural giant planets)

1. (astronomy, planets) A planet larger than a terrestrial planet, composed mostly of gases and astronomical ices.

• major planet
• planet

• gas giant/gas giant planet
  • Jovian planet
    • super-Jovian / super-Jupiter
    • sub-Jovian / sub-Jupiter
• ice giant/ice giant planet
  • Neptunian planet
    • super-Neptune
    • sub-Neptune
• outer planet (in the Solar System)
• supergiant planet
• superplanet
• hypergiant planet

• terrestrial planet
  • carbon planet / carbide planet
  • silicon planet / silicate planet

• dwarf planet
• minor planet

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