planet

planète

L’un des huit grands astres qui tournent autour du Soleil, comme la Terre ou Mars.

En anglais simple : One of the eight large worlds that travel around the Sun, including Earth and Mars.

• Earth is our planet.
• Mars is often called the red planet.
• Eight planets travel around the Sun.

Expressions courantes : planet Earth, red planet, our planet

planète

Grand astre presque rond qui tourne autour d’une étoile sans produire de lumière comme elle.

En anglais simple : A large, nearly round object in space that travels around a star and does not shine like one.

• A planet travels around a star.
• Astronomers discovered three planets around that distant star.
• This rocky planet may have liquid water.

Synonymes : world

Expressions courantes : distant planet, rocky planet, giant planet