terrestrial planet
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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
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
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
Why can we not say for certain that Kepler-452b’s distance from its star means it is a terrestrial planet?
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 Grant Allen
