celestial body

English

Noun

celestial body (plural celestial bodies)

1. (astronomy, astrology) A natural object which is located outside of Earth's atmosphere, such as a comet, an asteroid, the Moon, a planet, the Sun, or a star.

Synonyms

• celestial object
• heavenly body

Hyponyms

• planet
• star

Translations

natural object beyond Earth's atmosphere

• Catalan: cos celeste m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天體／天体 (zh) (tiāntǐ), 星體／星体 (zh) (xīngtǐ), (spherical) 星球 (zh) (xīngqiú)

• Czech: nebeské těleso n
• Esperanto: ĉielkorpo, astro
• Estonian: taevakeha, taevakivi (rare)
• Finnish: taivaankappale
• French: corps céleste m, astre m
• Galician: corpo celeste m
• Georgian: ციური სხეული (ciuri sxeuli)
• German: Himmelskörper m
• Greek: ουράνιο σώμα (ouránio sóma)
• Hungarian: égitest
• Ido: astro
• Irish: rinn m
• Italian: corpo celeste m
• Japanese: 天体 (tentai)
• Korean: 천체(天體) (cheonche)
• Latin: corpus caeleste
• Malay: jasad cakerawala
• Maori: whānau mārama
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: himmellegeme (no) n

  Nynorsk: himmellekam m

• Persian: جرم آسمانی‎ (jerm-e-asmani)
• Polish: ciało niebieskie n
• Portuguese: astro m, corpo celeste m
• Romanian: corp ceresc n, astru m
• Russian: небе́сное те́ло n (nebésnoje télo)
• Sanskrit: ज्योतिस् n pl (jyótis) (collective)
• Slovak: nebeské teleso n
• Spanish: cuerpo celeste m, astro m
• Swedish: himlakropp c
• Tagalog: astro
• Turkish: gök cismi