rocky planet

collocation in English

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rocky
adjective
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/ˈrɒk.i/us
/ˈrɑː.ki/
made of rock and therefore usually rough and difficult to ...
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planet
noun[C]
uk
/ˈplæn.ɪt/us
/ˈplæn.ɪt/
an extremely large, round mass of rock and metal, such as Earth, or of gas, such as Jupiter, that moves in a circular path around the sun or ...
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(Definition ofrockyandplanetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The asteroid may be part of the debris from what might once have been arockyplanetwith either ice or oceans.
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The last stage ofrockyplanetformation is the "merger stage".
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The planet is the onlyrockyplanetto orbit its isolated star.
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It is the second-closest planet in its system and likely to be arockyplanet, not a gas giant.
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This is likely to be arockyplanet, not a gas giant.
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Impacts by comets and asteroids with rocky planets are known to displace large masses of material.
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Decay of nickel-56 explains the large amount of iron-56 seen in metallic meteorites and the cores of rocky planets.
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These heavy elements allow the formation of rocky planets.
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Rocky planets must orbit within the habitable zone for life to form.
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Material rigidity of rocky planets and rocky cores of gas planets will cause further deviations from the aforementioned shapes.
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This gravitational accretion led to the formation of the rocky planets and the gas giants.
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The metallic elements: magnesium, silicon, and iron, which are the principal ingredients of rocky planets, condensed into solids at the highest temperatures of the planetary disk.
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The interior structure of rocky planets is mass-dependent: for example, plate tectonics may require a minimum mass to generate sufficient temperatures and pressures for it to occur.
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