It is from a Greek word meaning, "wanderer".
They are sometimes called "major planets" to distinguish them from the "minor planets" (the asteroids) and "dwarf planets" like Pluto.
the inner planets are sometimes called Terrestrial Planets
Actually Dwarf planets are planets which are very small in size and cannot be called planets but not as small to be called asteroids, so the name dwarf planets.
They are sometimes called minor planets (not mirror planets).They aren't planets really, but they are a bit like little planets orbiting the Sun.
Jovian planets.
Terrestrial planets.
Because they are in the asteroid belt. The planets that are outside of the asteroid belt are called the outer planets.
Objects that are smaller than planets are called "dwarf planets"; even smaller objects are called "asteroids".
the terrestrail planets
planets comes from the greek word meaning wanderers.
No that's what the four outer planets are called.
large planets are called the outer planets or the JOVIAN PLANETS which are made up of gases and viscous liquids... terrestrial planets are the inner planets! inner planets- MERCURY VENUS EARTH MARS outer planets- JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE