terrestrial planet
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“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
"This is a terrestrial planet that I would describe as Io on steroids," Kane said.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2024
Until now geophysicists have really only studied one active terrestrial planet up close—Earth.
From Scientific American • Nov. 14, 2017
This graphic vividly shows how tiny Pluto is relative to a terrestrial planet like Earth.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 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 Pater, Walter
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.