Earth
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Vital Statistics
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| Radius | 6378 km |
| Surface area | 5.1x108
km2 |
| Mass | 5.974x1024 kg |
| Density | 5.515 g/cm3 |
| Local gravity | 9.87 m/s2 |
| Escape velocity | 11 km/s |
| Albedo | 0.36 |
| Surface temperature | 290 K |
| Length of day | 23 h 56 min |
| Length of year | 365.25 days |
| Distance from the Sun | 1.496x108
km |
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Consolmagno, Guy J. and Martha W. Schaefer (1994) World's Apart: A Textbook
in Planetary Sciences.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.