Terrestrial planet Terrestrial planet A terrestrial planet, telluric planet, or rocky planet is a planet that is composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals. Within the Solar System, the terrestrial planets are the inner planets closest to the Sun, i.e. Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. The terms "terrestrial planet" and "telluric planet" are derived from Latin words for Earth ("Terra" and "Tellus"), as these planets are, in terms of structure, "Earth-like". Terrestrial planets have a solid planetary surface, making them substantially different from the larger giant planets, which are composed mostly of some combination of hydrogen, helium, and water existing in various
The Bright Sun Brings It to Light The Bright Sun Brings It to Light "The Bright Sun Brings It to Light" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in "Grimm's Fairy Tales", tale number 115. It is Aarne-Thompson type 960, The Sun Brings All to Light. A tailor's apprentice robs and murders a Jew on the road, despite the Jew saying that "The bright sun will bring it to light." He then settled down. One day, he saw the sunlight reflecting from his coffee and jeered about its bringing "it" to light. His wife bothered him until he told her what he meant. She