terrestrial planet

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These results suggest that the conditions for terrestrial planet formation can occur in a possible broader range of environments than previously thought.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023

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