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SOLAR SYSTEM
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The Terrestrial Planets
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The Gas Giants
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The Outer Planets
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The Hallow Planets
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Detailed explanation-1: -The planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, are called terrestrial because they have a compact, rocky surface like Earth’s terra firma. The terrestrial planets are the four innermost planets in the solar system.
Detailed explanation-2: -The planets inside the asteroid belt are termed the Inner Planets (or the Terrestrial Planets): Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. The planets outside the asteroid belt are termed the Outer Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
Detailed explanation-3: -The rocky planets of the Solar System are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. They are the smallest, densest and closest to the Sun. The rocky planets of the Solar System are also known as telluric planets, solid or terrestrial planets.