Tellus Explained

Tellus is a Latin word meaning "Earth" and may refer to:

• An alternative name for the planet Earth
• Tellus of Athens, a citizen of ancient Athens who was thought to be the happiest of men
• Tellus Mater or Terra Mater, the ancient Roman earth mother goddess
• Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia
• Tellus A, a scientific journal of Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
• Tellus B, a scientific journal of Chemical and Physical Meteorology
• Tellus Institute, an American environmental think tank
• Tellus (comics), a comic book character and member of the Legion of Super-Heroes
• A fictional human colony in the TV series
• Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine, an extinct nonprofit audio art project
• IK Tellus, a sports club based in Tellusborg in Stockholm, Sweden

See also

• Bematistes tellus, a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae
• Telluric (disambiguation)
• Tellurium
• Terra (disambiguation)