terrestrial planet
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"This is a terrestrial planet that I would describe as Io on steroids," Kane said.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2024
It is interesting when you think about it that we are the only terrestrial planet with a big moon.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2019
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
It is useful to approximate the structure of a terrestrial planet as having two parts: a metal core and a rocky mantle.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
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
