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Terrestrial planet
A terrestrial planet, also called a rocky or telluric planet, is a planet composed mainly of rock and iron with a solid or liquid surface, unlike the gas giants and ice giants.
Uottakh-sulus Valles
Uottakh-sulus Valles, a 1,100-km lava channel system (valles) on Venus at 12.5N, 239.0E, IAU-approved 1997; named with the Yakutian/Saha word for the planet Venus.
Venus
Venus, also called Sol II, is the second planet from the Sun, an Earth-sized world heated to 464 °C by a carbon-dioxide atmosphere 92 times heavier than Earth's.
Water on Mars
Water on Mars refers to water now on Mars, mostly ice, hydrated minerals, and vapor, plus strong evidence that rivers and lakes existed over 3 billion years ago.