| Name | Adjective | Demonym |
|---|---|---|
| Earth, Terra, Tellus, Gaia, Gaea | earthly, Terran, Terrestrial, Terrene, Tellurian, Telluric, Gaian, Gaean | Earthling, Terran, Terrestrial, Tellurian |
| Jupiter | Jovian, Jovial, Jupiterian | Jovian |
| Mars | Martian, Martial, Areana | Martian |
| Mercury; Hermes (in the evening), Apollo (in the morning) | Mercurian, Mercurial, Hermean/Hermeian, Cyllenian,a Cylleneana | Mercurian, Hermean |
| Neptune | Neptunian, Neptuniala | Neptunian |
| Saturn | Saturnian, Saturnine, Kronian, Saturniala | Saturnian |
| Uranus | Uranian | Uranian |
| Venus; Hesperus, Vesper (in the evening), Eosphorus, Phosphorus, Phosphor (in the morning), Lucifer (in the day) | Venerian, Venerial, Venusian, Cytherean, Cytherian,a Hesperian, Luciferian,a Phosphoriana | Venusian |
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Famous quotes containing the word planets:
“Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wave-length of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.”
—Iris Murdoch (b. 1919)
“I would sell my life to avoid
the pain that begins in the crib
with its bars or perhaps
with your first breath
when the planets drill
your future into you....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Marriage is the clue to human life, but there is no marriage apart from the wheeling sun and the nodding earth, from the straying of the planets and the magnificence of the fixed stars.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)