Facts About Earth, Our Home Planet in 3D
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Earth at a glance
Earth is the yardstick: about 12,756 kilometers (7,926 miles) wide at the equator.
- Order from the Sun
- 3rd of 8
- Type
- Rocky planet
- Distance from the Sun
- 149.6 million km (1 AU)
- Diameter
- 12,756 km (1× Earth)
- Length of day
- 24 hours
- Length of year
- 365 Earth days
- Moons
- 1
- Rings
- No
- Average temperature
- 15 °C (59 °F)
- Gravity
- 100% of Earth's
- Axis tilt
- 23.4°
- Sunlight takes
- about 8 minutes
On Earth you would weigh about 80 (100% of your Earth weight). Your mass stays the same; only gravity changes.
Source: NASA Planetary Fact Sheet and NASA Science.
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