terrestrial planet

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

NOUN

major planet

Synonyms

WEAK

Mars Mercury Venus earth inner planet

Example Sentences

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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

The race to image jovian planets with current instruments and why a direct image of a terrestrial planet is still in the future.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 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