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Space Objects
Planet Earth
Third planet · only known life-bearing world
A geodynamo in the liquid outer core generates a magnetic shield; plate tectonics recycle the crust; a thin biosphere uses the Sun’s energy to run chemistry nowhere else in the solar system appears to match.
Key specifications
Diameter
12,756 km
Mass
5.972 × 10²⁴ kg
Day
23 h 56 m
Axial tilt
23.4°
Sheet 003 · Plate 1 of 1 · 1:1 infographic
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