24 Facts About The Earth

1. The Earth is the only planet in our solar system not to be named after a Greek or Roman deity.

2. The Earth is the third planet from the Sun and is the largest of the terrestrial planets.

3. The Earth makes a complete orbit around the sun in about 365 days.

4. The Earth is the third planet from the Sun at a distance of about 93 million miles.

5. The Earth is the only planet in the universe known to possess life.

6. The Earth is the fifth largest of the planets in the solar system.

7. The Earth is our body, our material lives, our sustenance, our home.

8. The Earth is the densest planet of the solar system.

9. The Earth is the densest major body in the solar system.

10. The Earth has a modest magnetic field produced by electric currents in the outer core.

11. The Earth is the 3rd planet in our solar system not 5th.

12. The Earth is not perfectly round, rather it is an oblate spheroid.

13. The Earth is the fifth largest planet in the Solar System.

14. The Earth is the densest planet in the Solar System.

15. The Earth is around 4.6 billion years old according to scientists.

16. The Earth seems to fill the sky in this image taken by the crew of Apollo 17 in 1972.

17. The Earth is approximately 93 million miles from the sun.

18. The Earth is one of the four terrestrial planet: Like Mercury, Venus and Mars, it is rocky at the surface.

19. The Earth has at least five co-orbital asteroids, including 3753 Cruithne and 2002 AA29.

20. The Earth is the third planet from the Sun and largest of the terrestrial planets.

21. The Earth has at least five co-orbital asteroids, including 3753 Cruithne and.

22. The earliest direct evidence of life on The Earth is contained in 3.45 billion-year-old Australian rocks showing fossils of microorganisms.

23. The Earth is the densest planet in the Solar System and the largest of the four terrestrial planets.

24. The Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.