rocky planet
Synonym of terrestrial planetSynonym of terrestrial planet.
» Venus is a rocky planet.
Meaning
1 sensesSynonym of terrestrial planet.
Within the Solar System, the rocky planets are the four inner planets closest to the Sun.
Examples
3 sentencesVenus is a rocky planet.
Earth and Venus have a couple of things in common: they are rocky planets and are about the same size.
deDie Erde und die Venus haben manches gemein: beide sind Gesteinsplaneten und in etwa gleich groß. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The newly-discovered Kepler-90i – a sizzling hot, rocky planet that orbits its star once every 14.4 days – was found using machine learning.
deDer neu entdeckte glühendheiße Gesteinsplanet Kepler-90i, der seinen Planeten einmal alle 14,4 Tage umrundet, wurde mit Hilfe des „maschinellen Lernens“ gefunden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From rocky + planet.From rocky + planet.
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Forms
plural: rocky planets| Singular | rocky planet |
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