Planet (disambiguation)

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