terrestrial planet

terrestrial planet (plural terrestrial planets)

1. 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.

   Synonyms: rocky planet, telluric planet

• major planet
• planet

• inner planet (in the Solar System)
• silicate planet / silicon planet
• carbide planet / carbon planet
• super-Earth
• sub-Earth

• giant planet
  • gas giant
  • ice giant

• dwarf planet
• minor planet