terrestrial planet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of terrestrial planet
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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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
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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