Editing Planet

[[File:Planet_highlight.jpg|thumb|400px]]This article is about the celestial body. For a list of planets, see [[:Category: Planets]].
Planets are large celestial bodies that, with the exception of a variety called [[gameworld]]s, each orbit a [[Star|star]] or stellar remnant known as [[sun]] and are sometimes orbited by one or more natural satellites known as [[moon]]s. They are usually rounded into a spherical shape by their own gravity but on rare occasions can be shaped like a cube or other form. Many planets are inhabited by living organisms ranging from mindless bacteria to complex sapient beings.

The prospect of destroying a planet was once unthinkable to most beings, aside from [[Galactus]], who devoured them. However, technological developments have made it childs' play. Massive [[Space Station|space stations]] known as the [[Death Star]] and [[Death Star II]] were among the first superweapons developed for this purpose, although it was claimed that the earlier and somewhat smaller [[satellite]] [[Trigon One]] could do it as well. Elsewhere, similar technology evolved to the point where it could be spread out collectively amongst the ships of a Vogon Constructor Fleet, and planets could be routinely demolished for development purposes. A planet in the Seventh Dimension was reportedly used as a ball in a game of intergalactic bar billiards and potted into a black hole. Tragically, it only scored thirty points.

The technology of building planets is more complex still and was developed by the [[Magrathean]]s of [[Magrathea]] in response to dissatisfaction from some very rich people with the worlds they had settled on. It involves sucking matter through white holes in space and assembling it in
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-[[File:Planet_highlight.jpg|thumb|400px]]This article is about the celestial body. For a list of planets, see [[:Category: Planets]].  If you're some kind of sicko who wants to learn how to destroy a planet, see [[Destruction of Planets]].
+[[File:Planet_highlight.jpg|thumb|400px]]This article is about the celestial body. For a list of planets, see [[:Category: Planets]].
+Planets are large celestial bodies that, with the exception of a variety called [[gameworld]]s, each orbit a [[Star|star]] or stellar remnant known as [[sun]] and are sometimes orbited by one or more natural satellites known as [[moon]]s. They are usually rounded into a spherical shape by their own gravity but on rare occasions can be shaped like a cube or other form. Many planets are inhabited by living organisms ranging from mindless bacteria to complex sapient beings.
+The prospect of destroying a planet was once unthinkable to most beings, aside from [[Galactus]], who devoured them. However, technological developments have made it childs' play. Massive [[Space Station|space stations]] known as the [[Death Star]] and [[Death Star II]] were among the first superweapons developed for this purpose, although it was claimed that the earlier and somewhat smaller [[satellite]] [[Trigon One]] could do it as well. Elsewhere, similar technology evolved to the point where it could be spread out collectively amongst the ships of a Vogon Constructor Fleet, and planets could be routinely demolished for development purposes. A planet in the Seventh Dimension was reportedly used as a ball in a game of intergalactic bar billiards and potted into a black hole. Tragically, it only scored thirty points.
-Planets are large celestial bodies that, with the decidedly arbitrary exception of a variety called [[gameworld]]s, each orbit a [[Star|star]] or stellar remnant known as a [[sun]] and are sometimes orbited by one or more natural [[Satellite|satellites]] known as [[moon]]s. They are usually rounded into a spherical shape by their own [[gravity]] but on rare occasions can be shaped like a cube or other form.
+The technology of building planets is more complex still and was developed by the [[Magrathean]]s of [[Magrathea]] in response to dissatisfaction from some very rich people with the worlds they had settled on. It involves sucking matter through white holes in space and assembling it in
-Planets may or may not be equipped with [[Atmosphere|atmospheres]] to simplify the [[evolution]] of life.  Many are inhabited by living organisms ranging from mindless bacteria to complex sapient beings, but those that aren't are usually colonized and exploited at some point by said sapient beings.
-Individual planets are sometimes referred to with the word "planet" as a prefix, i.e. "planet [[Miblok]]" instead of just "Miblok".  This is of course grammatically unnecessary but helps to differentiate them from [[Asteroid|asteroids]], [[Comet|comets]], moons, or whatever else someone may be referring to, especially seeing as there are too many planet names for anyone to keep track of.  There are a few exceptions such as [[Planet X]] which clearly have the word "planet" in the name, and that saves a lot of bother and complication all around.
-The technology of building planets is more complex still and was developed by the [[Magrathean]]s of [[Magrathea]] in response to dissatisfaction from some very rich people with the worlds they had settled on.  It involves sucking matter through white holes in space and assembling it within a massive "factory floor" space.
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