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Earth
Planet · Third planet from the Sun
About Earth
On 2026-01-01, the date the map shows, Earth was 0.983 AU from the Sun; sunlight takes 8.18 minutes to reach it.
It goes round the Sun once every 364.82 days, at an average distance of 0.999 AU.
It is about 12,740 km across.
The map lists it as a planet and shows it in the Solar System part of the map, drawn on the plane of Earth’s orbit (the ecliptic).
Key numbers
| Semi-major axis | 0.999 AU |
|---|---|
| Orbital period | 364.82 days |
| Eccentricity | 0.0159 |
| Inclination | 0.00° |
| Mass | 5.97 × 10²⁴ kg |
| Radius | 6,371.0 km |
| Day length | 24 h |
| Mean temperature | 15 °C |
| Distance from the Sun | 0.983 AU |
Where it is
Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Solar System › Orion–Cygnus Arm (Local Arm) › Milky Way › Local Group › Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.
Zoom out to see it in context: Earth and Moon, a view about 0.008 AU across.
From Wikipedia
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. This is made possible by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all of Earth's water is contained in its ocean, which covers 70.8% of Earth's crust.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Earth, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.