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Terrestrial planet
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Planet that is composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals
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Earth
Third planet from the Sun
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Inner planet
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
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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: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. Among astronomers who use the geophysical definition of a planet, two or three...

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