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) FACTS ABOUT EARTH
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Earth

Earth, also called the world is the third planet from the Sun,
the densest planet in the Solar System, the largest of the
Solar System's four terrestrial planets and the only
astronomical object known to accommodate life.
Earth's biodiversity has evolved over hundreds of millions of
years, expanding continually except when interrupted
.by mass extinctions

Shape ()

The shape of Earth approximates an oblate spheroid,

a sphere flattened along the axis from pole to pole
such that there is a bulgearound the equator. This
bulge results from the rotation of Earth, and causes
the diameter at the equator to be 43 kilometres (27 mi)
larger than the pole-to-pole diameter.
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70% of the Earths surface is covered in water
, The remaining 30% is the solid ground, rising above
sea level.

-Earth doesnt take 24 hours to rotate on its axis

Its actually 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds.
-A year on Earth isnt 365 days
Its actually 365.2564 days. Its this extra .2564 days that
creates the need for leap years.
-Earth has 1 moon and 2 co-orbital satellites
-Only 3% water of the earth is fresh, rest 97% salted

It is estimated that one-eighth of Earth's surface is

suitable for humans to live on three-quarters of
Earth's surface is covered by oceans, leaving one
quarter as land. Half of that land area is desert
(14%), high mountains (27%) or other unsuitable
terrain.