Definitions for terrestrial planet
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1. terrestrial planetnoun

   a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system

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1. terrestrial planetnoun

   Any planet of the solar system or any exoplanet which is "Earth-like" in the sense that it is composed primarily of metals and rock, in contrast to a planet which is a gas giant.

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1. Terrestrial planet

   A terrestrial planet, telluric planet, solid planet, or rocky planet, is a planet that is composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals. Within the Solar System, the terrestrial planets accepted by the IAU are the inner planets closest to the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. Among astronomers who use the geophysical definition of a planet, two or three planetary-mass satellites – Earth's Moon, Io, and sometimes Europa – may also be considered terrestrial planets; and so may be the rocky protoplanet-asteroids Pallas and Vesta. The terms "terrestrial planet" and "telluric planet" are derived from Latin words for Earth (Terra and Tellus), as these planets are, in terms of structure, Earth-like. Terrestrial planets are generally studied by geologists, astronomers, and geophysicists. Terrestrial planets have a solid planetary surface, making them substantially different from the larger gaseous planets, which are composed mostly of some combination of hydrogen, helium, and water existing in various physical states.

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1. terrestrial planet

   A terrestrial planet is a type of planet that is composed primarily of rock and metal with a hard, solid surface. They are similar in composition to Earth and are found within the inner solar system. The four terrestrial planets in our solar system are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. They also often have a central metallic core, mostly iron, with a surrounding silicate mantle.

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1. Terrestrial planet

   A terrestrial planet, telluric planet or rocky planet is a planet that is composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals. Within the Solar System, the terrestrial planets are the inner planets closest to the Sun. The terms are derived from Latin words for Earth, as these planets are, in terms of composition, "Earth-like". Terrestrial planets have a solid planetary surface, making them substantially different from the much larger gas giants, which are composed mostly of some combination of hydrogen, helium, and water existing in various physical states. Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reported in January, 2013, that "at least 17 billion" Earth-sized exoplanets are estimated to reside in the Milky Way Galaxy.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of terrestrial planet in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of terrestrial planet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of terrestrial planet in a Sentence

1. Rodrigo Luger:

   Terrestrial planet evolution around low-mass stars is very different.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=terrestrial planet
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Terrestrial_Planet
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_Planet
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=terrestrial planet