terrestrial planet
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Compared with Earth, Mars, and other rocky planets, angrites contain very little silicon dioxide, or silica, a key ingredient in nearly every known terrestrial planet.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
It is interesting when you think about it that we are the only terrestrial planet with a big moon.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2019
Until now geophysicists have really only studied one active terrestrial planet up close—Earth.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 14, 2017
Anglada-Escudé and his colleagues estimate that Proxima b is at least 1.3 times as big as Earth and is most likely a terrestrial planet, with a surface.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 24, 2016
Nevertheless, it considers itself the only really polite and enlightened community on the whole face of this evolving terrestrial planet.
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant
