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:: EARTH :: |
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Metric
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Scientific Notation
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By Comparison
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| Discovered By | Known by the Ancients | ||
| Date of Discovery | Unknown | ||
| Average Distance from the Sun | 49,597,890 km | 1.4959789 x 108 km (1.000 A.U.) | |
| Perihelion (closest) | 147,100,000 km | 1.471 x 108 km (0.983 A.U.) | |
| Aphelion (farthest) | 152,100,000 km | 1.521 x 108 km (1.017 A.U.) | |
| Equatorial Radius | 6,378.14 km | 6.37814 x 103 km | |
| Equatorial Circumference | 40,075 km | 4.0075 x 104 km | |
| Volume | 1,083,200,000,000 km3 | 1.0832 x 1012 km3 | |
| Mass | 5,973,700,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg | 5.9737 x 1024 kg | |
| Density | 5.515 g/cm3 | ||
| Surface Area | 510,065,700 km2 | 5.100657 x 108 km2 | |
| Equatorial Surface Gravity | 9.766 m/s2 | ||
| Escape Velocity | 40,248 km/h | 11,180 m/s | |
| Sidereal Rotation
Period (Length of Day) |
0.99726968 Earth days 23.934 hours | ||
| Sidereal Orbit Period
(Length of Year) |
1.0000174 Earth years 365.24 Earth days | ||
| Mean Orbit Velocity | 107,229 km/h | 29,785.9 m/s | |
| Orbital Eccentricity | 0.01671022 | ||
| Orbital Inclination to Ecliptic | 0.00005 degrees | ||
| Equatorial Inclination to Orbit | 23.45 degrees | ||
| Orbital Circumference | 924,375,700 km | 9.243757 x 108 km | |
| Minimum/Maximum Surface Temperature | -88/58 °C | 185/331 K | |
| Atmospheric Constituents | Nitrogen, Oxygen | N2, O2 | N2 is 80% of Earth's air and is a crucial element in DNA. |
| natural satelites | 1. Moon | ||
