Facts About Our Earth

Earth is the planet where you reside. It is a part of the solar system, which includes the Moon. Although the Moon may seem close, at their farthest point, Earth and the Moon are 252,088 miles apart. Surprisingly, all planets in the solar system could fit within this distance. Jupiter's Great Red Spot is twice the size of Earth, while Saturn is nine times wider than Earth. Saturn's rings contain fragments as large as mountains. However, compared to the Sun, these planets are minuscule. The Sun is so immense that Earth would appear insignificant from its surface. The universe has an unfathomable number of stars, larger than the grains of sand on Earth's beaches. The largest star known, VY Canis Majoris, is about 2,000 times the diameter of our Sun. Despite its enormity, it is still smaller than some galaxies. NGC 674, for example, is twice as wide as the Milky Way and contains millions or billions of planets within it This post presents 15 lesser-known facts about Earth. Despite living on this planet, there are still things we don't know about it. For instance, Earth actually spins for 23 hours and 56 minutes per day, resulting in an extra four minutes each day. The Hudson Bay area in Canada has lower gravity due to the burden of gravity left by melted glaciers, but the change is so small that it's almost unnoticeable. The first photo of Earth was taken in 1946 by a camera strapped to a V2 missile, and the first full-color image was taken by the Dodge satellite in 1967. The salt in the ocean comes from rocks on the shore and rainwater. The rocks in the racetrack playa area of Death Valley move on their own due to ice melting and creating slick ground. Some scientists believe a smaller twin planet collided with Earth and created the moon. Earth's core is just as hot as the surface of the Sun, and if the Sun were permanently blocked, Earth would freeze. Cameroon's Lakes Nyos, Monoun, and Kivu are technically dams but are known as the exploding lakes. We have explored less than 10% of Earth's oceans and discovered 210,000 underwater speciesPlanet Earth moves in two ways: through rotation and revolution. Earth rotates counterclockwise on its axis, an imaginary line that runs through the planet's center passing through the North Pole and South Pole. It takes 24 hours for the Earth to complete one full spin on its axis, also known as a rotation. This rotation is what creates day and night. Early in the morning, the sun rises in the east. If you stand on a beach along the Atlantic Ocean at sunrise, you will see the sun appear on the horizon as though it is rising from the water. What is really happening is that Earth is rotating and exposing your location to the sun. When a region begins spinning away from the sun's light, the sun appears to set or fall slowly. If you stand on the same beach once the sun has set, you might notice the sky growing darker. This happens because the area where you're standing is rotating away from its light source. As Earth rotates, one half of the planet faces away from the sun for about 12 hours. Although Earth takes 24 hours to rotate on its axis, it moves in another way. Earth follows a slightly elliptical path around the sun at the same time. One full orbit around the sun is called a revolution, which takes nearly 365 days on Earth. The exact amount of time it takes for Earth to fully orbit the sun is actually 365 and 1/4 days. Because a part of the day cannot be calculated into the calendar, leap years were created. A leap year happens every four years, during which an extra day is added to the calendar. The day that is added every four years is always February 29th, so every four years, the month of February has 29 days instead of 28. This is a result of Earth's revolution around the sun. Both Earth's rotation and revolution are very important to humans. The planet's movement on its axis and movement around the sun are what create days, nights, and years, allowing humans to measure time. Earth's rotation and revolution result in lightness and darkness, the seasons, and the length of a day anywhere in the world.. The universe is vast, and we are only a small part of it. Remember that Earth is your home.