Terrestrial Planet

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Introduction1

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Encyclopedia

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 are the inner planets closest to the Sun, i.e. Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. The terms “terrestrial planet” and “telluric planet” are derived from Latin words for Earth (Terra and Tellus), as these planets are, in terms of structure, “Earth-like”.

Terrestrial planets have a solid planetary surface, making them substantially different from the larger giant planets, which are composed mostly of some combination of hydrogen, helium, and water existing in various physical states. — Wikipedia

Terrestrial Planet (Encyclopædia Britannica)

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Inspiration

Articles about https://bigthink.com/?s=Terrestrial Planets (Big Think)

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Innovation

Science

Inner Planets (Lunar & Planetary Institute)

The Terrestrial Planets (Introduction to Astronomy, Wolfgang H. Berger, UC San Diego)
Comparing Earth to Other Terrestrial Planets (Introduction to Astronomy, Wolfgang H. Berger, UC San Diego)

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Preservation

Library

Subject: Terrestrial Planets (Library Thing)

Subject: Terrestrial Planets (Open Library)

Subject: Terrestrial Planets (WorldCat)

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Participation

Education

MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources

Course

Physics and Chemistry of the Terrestrial Planets (Benjamin Weiss and Leigh Royden, MIT OpenCourseware)

Community

Organization

Mercury and Venus Section (British Astronomical Association)
Mars Section (British Astronomical Association)

News

Terrestrial Planets (JSTOR)
Terrestrial Planet (Astronomy Magazine)
Terrestrial Planet (Phys.org)
Terrestrial Planet (NPR Archives)

Government

Document

Terrestrial Planet (USA.gov)

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Related

Here are links to pages about closely related subjects.

Knowledge Realm

Physical

“Fundamentals”
Law (Constant) Relativity
Force Gravity, Electromagnetism (Light, Color)
Matter (Microscope) Molecule, Atom (Periodic Table), Particle

“Space”
Universe (Astronomical Instrument)
Galaxy Milky Way, Andromeda
Planetary System Star, Brown Dwarf, Planet, Moon

Our Neighborhood
Solar System Sun
Terrestrial Planet Mercury, Venus, Earth (Moon), Mars
Asteroid Belt Ceres, Vesta
Jovian Planet Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Trans-Neptunian Object
Kuiper Belt Pluto, Haumea, Makemake
Scattered Disc Eris, Sedna, Planet X
Oort Cloud Etc. Scholz’s Star
Small Body Comet, Centaur, Asteroid

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Notes

1.   The resources on this page are are organized by a classification scheme developed exclusively for Cosma.