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Earth Statistics

Planetary Symbol: Surface Gravity: 9.78 m/s^2
Diameter: 12,753 km (7,926 miles) Rotation Period with respect to Sun (Length of Day): 24 hrs
Mass: 5.98x10^24 kilograms
(6.5e21 tons)
Rotation Period with respect to stars (Sidereal Day): 23 hrs 56 min
Density: 5,515 kg/m^3 Revolution Period about the Sun (Length of a Year): 365 days 5 hrs
Minimum Distance from Sun: 146 million km
(91 million miles)
Tilt of Axis: 23o 27"
Maximum Distance from Sun: 152 million km
(94.5 million miles)
Temperature: -89o C to 57.7o C
(-128o F to 136o F)
Orbital Semimajor Axis: 1.0 AU Average Surface Temperature (K): 287K
Satellites: 1 (the Moon)

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Comparative Planetary Statistics -- in table form

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Last modified February 16, 2001 by the Windows Team

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