Earth
Basic Info
Mass:
5.9736 x 1024 kg
Diameter:
7,926 mi
Avg Distance from the Sun:
92,960,000 mi
Time to spin on axis/A day is:
23.93 hours
Time to orbit Sun/A year is:
365.25 days
Number of moons:
1
  • The Earth and Venus are nearly the same size. Their diameters only differ by 405 miles.
  • Earth is about 4.5 billion years old.
  • Water covers about 71% of Earth's surface.
  • It's the only planet not named after a god.
  • Earth isn't actually a perfect sphere, rather it's an oblate spheroid. It slightly bulges at the Equator.
  • The rough distance between the Earth and Sun is called an AU or astronomical unit. This AU is used to calculate distances. For example: Saturn is 9.5 AU from the Sun, meaning Saturn is 9.5 times further from the Sun than Earth. Pluto is a staggering 39.5 AU from the Sun.

Moon

  • The Moon is about 240,000 miles from Earth.
  • The moon has quakes.
  • The Moon is moving about 3.8 cm away from Earth every year.
  • As of 2020, The United States, USSR, China, Japan, EU, India, and luxembourg are the only countries that have landed on or orbited the moon.