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terrestrial planet

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of the four planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, whose orbits are closest to the sun.

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  • noun 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.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

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