30 ASTONISHING FACTS ABOUT EARTH

Earth signifies one of the planets in the solar system. Earth is third from the Sun. So far, believed the Earth is the single planet in the Universe that has life. Earth revolves around an ordinary star in the outside fringe of the Milky Way Galaxy. Earth is 70% surrounded by water.

PLANET - EARTH

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ASTONISHING FACTS

• Earth is roughly 4.6 billion years older.

• Earth is the third in line from the Sun in the solar system. The solar system considered 4.6 billion years old. The solar system consists of the Sun, planets, moons, asteroids, dust, gas, ice, rock, etc.

SOLAR SYSTEM

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• Earth rotates at 1000 miles (1600 km) per hour.

• Earth spins at a constant speed. The rate of a spin relies on the place of the Earth. The Equator is the middle line of the Earth. If a person were in the Equator, that person would spin at the rate of 1000 miles (1600 km) per hour.

• Earth is the thickest planet in the solar system.

• More than 100 million pieces of trash from spaceships and rockets are revolving around the Earth.

Debris revolving around the Earth

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"Courtesy of SOHO/[instrument] consortium. SOHO is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA."  

• Earth's journey through space is 67,000 miles an hour.

• Earth is the unique planet in the solar system, which is not entitled after Greek or Roman mythological deities.

• Our Sun could accommodate 1 million Earths.

• Earth has a powerful magnetic field that guards the lives of the impacts of solar wind from the Sun.

EARTH - MAGNETIC FIELD

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"Courtesy of SOHO/[instrument] consortium. SOHO is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA." 

• The light from the Sun enters the Earth in 8 minutes.

• The solar eclipse occurs only in the Earth and the moon of our solar system.

• The place around the Hudson’s Bay in Canada has a lesser gravity than the rest of the World.

Hudson Bay

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• If there is no moon on the Earth, the Earth swirl swiftly, and every day would possess only 6 hours.

• Scientists believe that before 900 million years, the Earth year had 481 days and 18 hours. This shows the rate of the Earth spin is slowing down gradually. The reason behind this is the way the Earth and the Moon interacts.

• The use of 1/10000 energy from the Sun every day is sufficient to power all the essential things on the Earth.

• The meteorites easily spotted in Antarctica because there are no crops to hide, no rivers to shift away.

• Each day amid 100 – 300 tons of cosmic dust enters the atmosphere of the Earth.

COSMIC DUST

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• More than 8 million lightning occurs every day on Earth.

• The mediocre distance of lightning is six miles long.

• The atmosphere of the Earth has 21% breathing gas Oxygen.

• The Amazon rain-forest contributes 20% of the oxygen supply to the World.

• Earth has 92 elements that occur naturally. These 92 elements merge to form all the things/products that one sees like rocks, trees, mountains, vehicles, etc.

• The rock has eight common elements, which build up the crust of the Earth.

• Earth travels around the Sun at 18.5 miles (29.8 km) per second. The distance is 595 million miles (958 million km). To achieve this distance in one-year Earth spins at 66,000 miles (106,200 km) per hour.

Earth travels around the sun

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• The desiccated region on the Earth are the Deserts. Antarctica is the largest desert in the World, followed by the Sahara, Arabian, Gobi deserts.

• The earth orbit in the eastern direction, hence the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

• The most chilled climate prevails on the Earth is in Antarctica. The most cutting recorded temperature is -89.6 °C / -128.56 °F in East Antarctica.

• The highest peak or point on the Earth is Mount Everest. Mount Everest emerged around 10 – 15 million years ago. The height of this peak is 8848 meters (29,028 feet) above sea level.

• The most profound point on the Earth is the Challenger Deep. It is around 11 kilometers (35,856 feet) deep inside the ocean.

Map - Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench

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Map showing the location of Mariana Trench

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