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terrestrial planet

[tuh-res-tree-uhl plan-it] / təˈrɛs tri əl ˈplæn ɪt /


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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

“This is a terrestrial planet that I would describe as Io on steroids,” Kane said in a statement about TOI-6713.01.

From Salon ● May 14, 2024

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

Our terrestrial planet is in constant increase by meteoric dust, moving to it through endless time out of infinite space.

From Plato and Platonism by Walter Pater


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