Earth Statistics: Straight-Up Stats of Earth
Measurements
Radius: 6,371 km
Surface Area: 510,000,000 km2
Volume: 1,000,000,000,000 km3
Rotation
Earth spin: 1600 km/hr
Length of Day: 23h 56min 4sec
Age
Age: 4.54 billion ± 0.05 years old
Distance
To the Moon: 384,400 km
To the Sun: 149,600,000 km
Water
Water covers 70% of the surface
Salt Water: 97%
Freshwater: 3%
Layers
Crust: 0-35 km
Mantle: 35-2,890 km
Core: 2,890-6,360 km
Temperature
Core temperature: 5,500°C
Surface Temperature: -88 to 58°C
Shape
Shape: Oblate Spheroid
Semi-major Axis: 6,378,137.0 m
Semi-minor Axis is 6,356,752.3 m
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