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Definition of Terrestrial planet

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

Definition of Terrestrial planet

1. 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. ¹

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Literary usage of Terrestrial planet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... and we shall see below that solar tidal friction may be assigned as a reason to explain how it has happened that the terrestrial planet had contracted ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... and we shall see below that solar tidal friction may be assigned as a reason to explain how it has happened that the terrestrial planet had contracted ..."

3. The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite by James Nasmyth, James Carpenter (1874)
"To nearly one-half of the moon (that which we never see) this imposing object can never be visible ; but to the half that faces us the terrestrial planet ..."

4. Popular Astronomy: A General Description of the Heavens by Camille Flammarion (1894)
"The study of modern physiology scientifically demonstrates that the human body is the product of the terrestrial planet: its weight, its size, ..."

5. The Kansas City Review of Science and Industry (1880)
"A study of modern statistics demonstrates scientifically that man is the product of the terrestrial planet, so far as organization is concerned (his soul ..."

6. The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica: A (1907)
"... and we shall see below that solar tidal friction may be assigned as a reason to explain how it has happened that the terrestrial planet had contracted ..."

7. Scientific Papers by George Howard Darwin, Francis Darwin, Ernest William Brown (1908)
"... and we shall see below that solar tidal friction may be assigned as a reason to explain how it happened that the terrestrial planet had contracted to ..."

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