Terrestrial Planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, the innermost four planets of the Sun, all have a solid surface and somewhat similar geological properties, and are classified as terrestrial planets.

A View of Earth
A view of Earth, the prototype terrestrial world. Surface map courtesy Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Copyright (c) California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. All rights reserved.
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