INTERPLANETARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interplanetary mean? 

• INTERPLANETARY (adjective)
  The adjective INTERPLANETARY has 1 sense:

1. between or among planets

  Familiarity information: INTERPLANETARY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERPLANETARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Between or among planets

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

interplanetary travel

Pertainym:

planet ((astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction)

 Context examples 

"This is the interplanetary extension of the stellar magnetic field with which the exoplanet would interact."

(Even 'Goldilocks' exoplanets need a well-behaved star, National Science Foundation )

Another asteroid, 2008 HU4, will pass close enough to Earth in 2016 for interplanetary radar to determine some of its characteristics, such as size, shape and rotation.

(NASA announces latest progress in hunt for asteroids, NASA)

The principle of "planetary defense," aimed at preventing the contamination of Earth by alien organisms and vice versa, is used by international space agencies during all interplanetary missions.

(Mutated Terrestrial Bacteria That Return from Space Pose Threat to Life on Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This network is a collection of large antennas at three locations around the globe that communicate with interplanetary spacecraft.

(What's Inside Ceres? New Findings from Gravity Data, NASA)

This is a vast cloud of electrically charged particles hurled into space that disturbs the interplanetary magnetic field in our solar system.

(Solar Storms Can Drain Electrical Charge Above Earth, NASA)

Recent measurements with New Horizons’ Alice instrument reveal that a diffuse Lyman-alpha glow falling on Pluto from all directions in interplanetary space is strong enough to produce almost as much tholin as the direct rays of the sun.

(Pluto: The 'Other' Red Planet, NASA)

The model is then used to create a simulation of the interplanetary magnetic field surrounding these simulated stars.

(Even 'Goldilocks' exoplanets need a well-behaved star, National Science Foundation )

The findings of the 'Biorisk' experiment are not only of significant scientific interest, but also invaluable from the practical point of view for the justification of the planetary quarantine strategy during future interplanetary flights, the report said.

(Mutated Terrestrial Bacteria That Return from Space Pose Threat to Life on Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)