terrestrial planet
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Terrestrial planet — The terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, and dwarf planet Ceres. Sizes to scale A terrestrial planet, telluric planet or rocky planet is a planet that is composed primarily of silicate rocks and/or … Wikipedia
terrestrial planet — noun a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth s; the four innermost planets in the solar system • Hypernyms: ↑planet, ↑major planet • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Earth, ↑earth, ↑world, ↑globe, ↑Mars … Useful english dictionary
Terrestrial Planet Finder — Infrared interferometer concept … Wikipedia
Terrestrial Planet Finder — Infrared interferometer concept Le Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF, « Chercheur de planète terrestre ») était un projet de système de télescope de la NASA pour l horizon 2015 2020, annulé en 2007. Il s agissait d une suite de deux… … Wikipédia en Français
Terrestrial Planet Finder — Concepción artística del interferómetro infrarrojo. Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF, en inglés «Buscador de planetas terrestres») es un proyecto de la NASA para la creación de un sistema de telescopios capaz de detectar planetas extrasolares… … Wikipedia Español
Terrestrial Planet Finder — Инфракрасный интерферометр TPF I в представлении художника. «Детектор планет земного типа» (англ … Википедия
Terrestrial Planet Finder — Ein Konzeptbild des TPF Infrarot Interferometers Der Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) war ein geplantes NASA Projekt, das mit Hilfe mehrerer Weltraumteleskope ab 2020 nach erdähnlichen Planeten (Exoplaneten) in anderen Sonnensystemen der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
terrestrial planet — /tərɛstriəl ˈplænət/ (say tuhrestreeuhl planuht) noun a planet, similar to the earth, which is composed primarily of silicate or carbonaceous rocks, with a central metallic core and a surrounding mantle. Compare gas giant. Also, telluric planet …
terrestrial planet. — Astron. See inner planet. [1885 90] * * * … Universalium
terrestrial planet — terres′trial plan′et n. astron. inner planet • Etymology: 1885–90 … From formal English to slang
