9 facts about the planet we live on!

in #nature7 years ago

NUMBER 1:
The earth is not completely spherical, every 10 years the volume of planet earth increases by 7mm (0.275 inch)

NUMBER 2:
4.6 billion years ago when our beautiful planet formed, a day lasted 6 hours.

NUMBER 3:
Every 100 years, the weekdays last about 1.7 seconds longer.

NUMBER 4:
The earths look (oceans and continents) change every 250 million years.

NUMBER 5:
The gravity of earth changes from places to another.

NUMBER 6:
The earth has the greatest density among all the other planets in our solar system.

NUMBER 7:
The Ice age was about 8 million years ago.

NUMBER 8:
The distance between the sun and the earth is called 1AU (Astronomical unit) which is equal too 150 million kilometers.

NUMBER 9:
Earth is the only planet not named after a god or goddess.

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