Amazing facts about Earth

5Feb,2024

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Earth is not flat, nor perfectly spherical. Its rotation causes a bulge at the equator and flattening at the poles. Additionally, uneven mass distribution leads to slight gravitational variations globally.

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Earth isn’t actually round

Earth’s interior is not solid, but rather has a semi-solid or ‘squishy’ consistency owing to high temperatures and pressures.

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Earth has a squishy interior

A planet’s density is measured by comparison to the density of water, which is; 1 gram per cubic centimetre. Earth has the highest density of them all, at 5.5 grams per cubic centimetre.

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Earth is the densest planet

actually 365.2564 days. It’s this extra .2564 days that creates the need for a Leap Year once ever four years. That’s why we tack on an extra day in February every four years – 2004, 2008, 2012, etc.

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A year on Earth isn’t 365 days

Earth is estimated to be 4.54 billion years old, plus or minus about 50 million years. Scientists have scoured the Earth searching for the oldest rocks to radiometrically date.

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Earth is 4.543 billion years old

When Earth was formed 4.6 billion years ago, its day would have been roughly six hours long. Today, the average day is 24 hours long, but is increasing by about 1.7 milliseconds every century.

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Days on Earth are getting longer