Definitions

terrestrial planet

[tuh-res-tree-uhl plan-it] / təˈrɛs tri əl ˈplæn ɪt /

NOUN

major planet

Synonyms

WEAK

Mars Mercury Venus earth inner planet

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

Until now geophysicists have really only studied one active terrestrial planet up close—Earth.

From Scientific American • Nov. 14, 2017

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

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