EARTH

DISTANCE FROM THE SUN

• 93,000,000 miles

PLANET ORDER

• 3rd planet from the Sun
• In between Venus and Mars

REVOLUTION & ROTATION

• Revolution: 365.25 days in counter clockwise direction
• Rotation: 24 hours

Diameter of the Earth is 12,756 kilometers

SURFACE PROPERTIES

• Surface temperature: 287° Kelvin
• Surface gravity: 9.1 meters/second squared

SATELLITES

• 1,100 active (government & private)
• 2,600 inactive

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

• Core, crust, mantle
• Mountains, deserts, liquid water

GREENHOUSE EFFECT

• Absorbs energy and re-emits back to earth

OZONE HOLE

• Decrease in Earth's ozone volume

OXYGEN RICH

• No other planets have an atmosphere like Earth because it is oxygen rich
• Earth's atmosphere is strongly affected by life on the Earth's planet

MAGNETIC FIELD

• Dangerous particles are forced away due to the magnetic field

SOLID CORE

• Sheer waves pass through the Earth's surface
• Sheer waves only travel through solids, not liquids

CONTINENTAL DRIFT

• Tectonic plates are constantly moving

FUN FACTS

• Earths rotation is gradually slowly
• Earth was once believed to be the center of all things
• Earth is the only planet not named after a god