Earth, our home planet, is a beautiful blue and white ball when seen from space. The third planet from the Sun, it is the largest of the inner planets. Earth is the only planet known to support life and to have liquid water at the surface.
Earth Statistics
Diameter: 12,753 km (7,926 miles)
Length of Day: 24 hrs
Mass: 5.98e24 kg
(6.5e21 tons)
Length of year: 365 days 5 hrs
Density: 5.5 (density of water is 1) Tilt of Axis: 23o 27"
Minimum Distance from Sun: 146 million km (91 million miles)
Rotation Period: 23 hrs 56 min
Maximum Distance from Sun: 152 million km
(94.5 million miles)
Temperature: -89o C to 57.7o C
(-128o F to 136o F)
