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The Solar System – Nearby Planets, Terrestrial Planets

Four planets are closest to the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. These four planets are also called the terrestrial planets. Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system and is closest to the Sun. It can be hot there, up to 430 degrees Celsius.

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Daniel Fischer Dec 10

Dissecting the puzzle of tectonic lid regimes in terrestrial planets: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65943-1 -> HKU Researchers Discover New Tectonic Regime of #TerrestrialPlanets,
Offering New Insights into the Evolution of Earth and Venus: https://www.hku.hk/press/press-releases/detail/28772.html

Dissecting the puzzle of tectonic lid regimes in terrestrial planets - Nature Communications

This study uses numerical models to classify six tectonic regimes on rocky planets, including an episodic-squishy lid regime. We map regime transitions during planetary cooling, thus contributing to the understanding of Earth and Venus evolution.

Nature

Ansgar Schmidt

Jun 7, 2024

An Earth-sized Exoplanet Found Orbiting a Jupiter-Sized Star https://www.universetoday.com/167283/an-earth-sized-exoplanet-found-orbiting-a-jupiter-sized-star/ #terrestrialplanets #ultracoolstars #rockyplanets #spectroscopy #atmospheres #exoplanets #astronomy #reddwarfs #speculoos #mdwarfs #science #jwst

An Earth-sized Exoplanet Found Orbiting a Jupiter-Sized Star

SPECULOOS3b is a rocky planet about the same size as Earth orbiting a dim red dwarf. It's a great candidate for follow-up JWST observations.

Universe Today

Planetary Ecologist Apr 14, 2024

Desert planet (Deserts 🏜️)

A desert planet, also known as a dry planet, an arid planet, or a dune planet, is a type of terrestrial planet with an arid surface consistency similar to Earth's deserts. Mars is a prominent example of a desert planet in the Solar System.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_planet

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