Earth

Update

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Simple Facts

• Third planet in the Solar System.

• Not named after a roman god.

• Our home planet.

• Is in the "goldilocks zone".

Orbit

• Earth takes 23.934 hours to complete 1 rotation.

• It take 365.26 days to complete 1 orbit around the Sun.

• Orbit is not a perfect circle.

Internal Structure

• Earth's core is approximately 4,400 miles (or 7,100 km) wide.

• The core is responsible for the planet's magnetic field.

• Earth's mantle is just about 1,800 miles (or 2,600 km) thick.

• There are 2 types of crust:

  • Continental crust (the continents) which is 25 miles (or 40km) thick.

  • Oceanic crust (mainly made up of basalt) which is 5 miles (8 miles) thick.

Formation

• Formed about 4.5 billion years ago

• Earth formed when gravity pulled swirling gas and dust in to become the third planet from the Sun.

• Like its fellow terrestrial planets, Earth has a central core, a rocky mantle and a solid crust.

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