terrestrial planet
English
Noun
terrestrial planet (plural terrestrial planets)
- 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.
Synonyms
- rocky planet
- telluric planet
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- inner planet (in the Solar System)
- silicate planet / silicon planet
- carbide planet / carbon planet
- super-Earth
- sub-Earth
Coordinate terms
Translations
Any planet of the solar system or any exoplanet which is Earth-like
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