Terrestrial GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /təˈres.tri.əl/ (adj) Definition of the planet Earth or related to it, earthbound, worldly, sublunary, telluric, mundane, terrene, tellurian - (of animals) living on the land and not in the sea, land, land-dwelling, continental Example A terrestrial planet, telluric planet, or rocky planet is a planet that is composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals. Within the Solar System, the terrestrial planets accepted by the IAU are the inner planets closest to the Sun, i.e. Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Among astronomers who use the geophysical definition of a planet, the Moon, Io and Europa may also ...
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