- The estimated age of the Earth is 1 billion 60 million years.
- The area of the surface of the Earth is 510 million square kilometers approximately.
- The area of the land (29.08%) is 149 million square kilometers.
- The area covered with water (70.92%) is 361 million square km.
- The approximate weight of the Earth is 5.9 X 10^21 tons.
- The volume of the Earth is 1 trillion 83 billion cubic kilometer.
- The density of the Earth is 5.5. times of that of water.
- The equinoctial circumference of the Earth is 40077 kilometer.
- The polar diameter is 12714 Km.
- The approximate distance from the Sun is 148 million 800 thousand kilometer.
- The approximate distance from the Moon is 384 thousand kilometer.
- The highest point of the Earth is the summit of Everest which is 8848 meters high from the sea-level.
- The speed of the revolution of the Earth around the Sun is 107220 km/hr.
- The speed of the rotation on its axis is 1670 km/hr.
- The Earth completes one round of the revolution in 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes and 45 seconds.
- The Earth rotates once in 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds.
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Saturday, June 04, 2011
The facts about the earth
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