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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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