terrestrial planet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of terrestrial planet
First recorded in 1885–90
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
"So lava worlds can give us some insight into what may have happened in the evolution of nearly any terrestrial planet."
From Science Daily • Sep. 27, 2023
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
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