Thursday 15 April 2021

Earth 🌏 info

 Earth, our home, is the third planet from the sun. It's the only planet known to have an atmosphere containing free oxygen, oceans of water on its surface and, of course, life.

Earth is the fifth largest of the planets in the solar system. It's smaller than the four gas giants — JupiterSaturnUranus and Neptune — but larger than the three other rocky planets, MercuryMars and Venus.

Water covers roughly 71 percent of Earth's surface, and most of that is in the oceans.


Atmosphere

 

Atmosphere

Near the surface, Earth has an atmosphere that consists of 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen, and 1 percent other gases such as argon, carbon dioxide and neon. The atmosphere affects Earth's long-term climate and short-term local weather and shields us from much of the harmful radiation coming from the Sun. It also protects us from meteoroids, most of which burn up in the atmosphere, seen as meteors in the night sky, before they can strike the surface as meteorites.


Rings

Earth has no rings.


Moons

Earth is the only planet that has a single moon. Our Moon is the brightest and most familiar object in the night sky. In many ways, the Moon is responsible for making Earth such a great home. It stabilizes our planet's wobble, which has made the climate less variable over thousands of years.

Earth 🌏 info

  Earth, our home, is the third planet from the sun. It's the only planet known to have an atmosphere containing free oxygen, oceans of ...