celestial body vs heavenly body

Both 'celestial body' and 'heavenly body' are correct and commonly used phrases in English to refer to objects in space such as planets, stars, and moons. They are interchangeable and convey the same meaning.

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celestial body

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to objects in space such as planets, stars, and moons.

It is used to describe any natural object in space outside the Earth's atmosphere, including planets, stars, moons, asteroids, and comets.

Examples:

Astronomers study the movement of celestial bodies in the night sky.
The solar system consists of various celestial bodies orbiting the Sun.

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...former celestial body, recent addition to the human race.
The natural force of attraction exerted by a celestial body upon objects at or near its surface.
...With a celestial body of this size, certainly will not be without consequences.
Cross-reference other planets, celestial bodies with this element.
These savage celestial bodies are aging giants, preparing to blast themselves into a stellar afterlife.
This map will allow us to view the ship's course in relation to the nearest celestial bodies.
But they expand, sucking different celestial bodies and debris into the vast darkness from which not even sunlight can escape.
And now... speaking of celestial bodies, here's the moment I know I've been waiting for.
According to Kepler, the harmony of the universe is determined by the motion of celestial bodies.
The 1.3 seconds it takes light to travel from the Earth to the Moon... is pocket change compared to other celestial bodies.
Ever get the feeling we're just these celestial bodies orbiting Charlie?
Witness please, Eugene Shoemaker, who, diligently, from a young boy decided he wanted to make maps of celestial bodies.
Gyro-astro compasses and other devices, other than those specified in 7A004, which derive position or orientation by means of automatically tracking celestial bodies or satellites and specially designed components therefor.
These women's search never crossed paths with that of the astronomers who were tracking another kind of body: celestial bodies.
The theme for ghislaine's collection is celestial bodies, and this outfit is the focal point, the linchpin that holds it all together.
And for the first time in the history of mankind, we understand the motions of the celestial bodies as well as our own.
[Deren] And for some reason, the image came into my mind... of a film that I had seen at the Museum of Natural History... which dealt with the movement of celestial bodies.
Do you understand what it means when I say I have been on thirty seven celestial bodies - planets, dark stars, even objects purely outside the curved cosmos of space and time?
Gyro-astro compasses, and other devices which derive position or orientation by means of automatically tracking celestial bodies or satellites, with an azimuth accuracy of equal to or less (better) than 5 seconds of arc.
The Sun burns our peripheral vision. We see light reflected off the Moon. And in the time since Galileo pointed that rudimentary telescope at the celestial bodies, the known universe has come to us through light, across vast eras in cosmic history.

Alternatives:

astronomical object
celestial object
cosmic body
heavenly body
space object

heavenly body