Tellus is a Latin word meaning "
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth's surfa ...
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* An alternative name for the planet
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth's surfa ...
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Tellus of Athens Tellus ( el, Τέλλος) was an Athenian statesman featured in Herodotus's '' Histories'', in which the wise man Solon describes him as the happiest man ever. To quote Herodotus:
Tellus... had both beautiful and good children, and he saw all his ...
, a citizen of ancient Athens who was thought to be the happiest of men
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Tellus Mater
In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Tellus Mater or Terra Mater ("Mother Earth") is the personification of the Earth. Although Tellus and Terra are hardly distinguishable during the Imperial era, ''Tellus'' was the name of the original ea ...
or Terra Mater, the ancient Roman earth mother goddess
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Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia
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Tellus A
''Tellus Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that is published by Co-action Publishing on behalf of the International Meteorological Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Since January 2012, the journ ...
'', a scientific journal of Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
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Tellus B
''Tellus Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology'' is a scientific journal that was published by Blackwell Publishing for the International Meteorological Institute in Stockholm, Sweden until December 2011. From January 2012 the issues are p ...
'', a scientific journal of Chemical and Physical Meteorology
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Tellus Institute, an American environmental think tank
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Tellus (comics)
The Legion of Super-Heroes is a superhero team in comic book series published by DC Comics. The team has gone through various iterations. Starting with the founding trio of Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, and Saturn Girl, all versions of the team in ...
, a comic book character and member of the Legion of Super-Heroes
* A fictional human colony in the TV series ''
Space: Above and Beyond''
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Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine'', an extinct nonprofit audio art project
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IK Tellus
IK Tellus is a Swedish sports club, having teams in football, bandy and handball. The club is located in Tellusborg, Stockholm.
Background
Tellusborgs IF was formed on 11 April 1921 and brought together several disparate groups of youngsters ...
, a sports club based in Tellusborg in Stockholm, Sweden
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Bematistes tellus
''Bematistes tellus'', the orange bematistes, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.
Description
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'', a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae
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Telluric (disambiguation)
Telluric (from the Latin ''tellus'', "earth") may refer to several things related to the Earth:
*Telluric planet, see terrestrial planet, an Earth-like planet primarily composed of silicate rocks
*Telluric current, a natural electric current in t ...
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Tellurium
Tellurium is a chemical element with the symbol Te and atomic number 52. It is a brittle, mildly toxic, rare, silver-white metalloid. Tellurium is chemically related to selenium and sulfur, all three of which are chalcogens. It is occasionally fou ...
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Terra (disambiguation)
Terra may often refer to:
* Terra (mythology), primeval Roman goddess
* An alternate name for planet Earth, as well as the Latin name for the planet
Terra may also refer to: Geography Astronomy
* Terra (satellite), a multi-national NASA scienti ...
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