The Earth is a round planet. It is the third planet from the Sun. It is
the only planet we know of that has people.
Diameter at Equator:
12,756 km.
Mass: 6 million, million, million, million kg.
Volume: 1.1 million, million, cubic kg.
Spins on axis in 23 hours, 56 minutes.
It takes one year to orbit the sun.
The Earth can fit 1 million times into the Sun.
It has water, land and air. From space, it looks like a round circle with
clouds. It looks blue because of the water.
It has one
moon.
This is what the Earth looks like from the moon.
The are also many satellites in orbit around the Earth. These give us
information about the weather and the news. The weather and
environmental information is important because of the
greenhouse effect.
