by: caroline marta. planets history earth’s symbol has man interpitations of what it represents....
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Earth Planet Project By: Caroline Marta
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Planets History
Earth’s symbol has man interpitations of what it represents. The most common and accepted reasoning is that the circluar part represents the globe, and the two intersecting lines represent the four points on a compass.
Planets Name
Nobody is sure how earth got its name. However the name Earth is a derived from both German and English.
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Order and Orbit
• Earth is the third planet from the sun. • Its 149.5 km from the sun. • Its full orbit around the sun takes 365 days and
to rotate on it takes a full 24 hours.
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Measurements
Mass: 5.98 x 10^24 kg• Volume:1,083,206,916,846 km3
Density: 5520 kglm3Gravitational pull: 9.78m per second
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Atmosphere
• Nitrogen-78%• Oxygen-21%• Argon-0.93%• Carbon Dioxide-0.038%• Water vapor and other gases-0.3
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Moons and Rings
Earth has no rings orbiting around it. It does have one moon that orbits around earth and goes through phases based on its position of the sun and earth.
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Facts
• Earth is the only planet not named after a god or goddess.
• Of all the planets in our solar system, the Earth has the greatest density
• 70% of earths surface is covered with water
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Citations• "Earth." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 01 June 2014. Web. 06 Jan.
2014.
• "When Was the Moon Discovered? Original Discovery of the Moon." When Was the Moon Discovered? Original Discovery of the Moon. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Jan. 2014.
• "What Is Earth Made Of?" Space.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Jan. 2014.
• "Earth Facts." Space Facts RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Jan. 2014.