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 teaches us a lot about the extremes of how much energy can be pumped into a terrestrial planet, and the consequences of that," Kane said.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2024

This graphic vividly shows how tiny Pluto is relative to a terrestrial planet like Earth.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

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 Pater, Walter