Important Facts about Earth Total Surface Area— 510,064,472 sq km Total Land Area— 148,940,000 sq km (29.2% of Planet Earths surface) Total Water Area— 361,132,000 sq km (70.8% of Planet Earths surface) Total Population— 7.04 billion Total Weight— 5.9722 × 1024 Kg Total Volume— 1.08321×1012 km3 Total Age— 4.54 billion years Surface Gravity— 32.041 ft/s2 Distance from Moon— 384,403 kmWorld Map Distance from Sun— 150 million km (data by facebook/cnaonweb Equatorial Radius— 6,378.1 km Mean Radius— 6,371.0 km Polar Radius— 6,356.8 km Orbiting Speed— 29.78 km/s Orbiting Time— 365.256363004 days Surface Temperature— -88/5(min/max)°C Orbit Size around Sun— 92,956,050 miles (Semi Major Axis) Period of Rotation— 23.934 hours(data by facebook/cnaonweb Speed of Rotation— 1670 km/hr Distance from nearest Planet— 38 million km from Venus Total Continent— 7 (Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, Antarctica) (data by facebook/cnaonweb Total Ocean— 5 ( Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic ) UN Recognized Countries— 193 Total Seas— 137 Primary Tectonic Plates— 8 (African, Antarctic, Australian, Eurasian, Indian, North American, Pacific, South American) Largest Continent— Asia, 43,820,000 sq km (29.5% of total World landmass) Smallest Continent— Australia, 9,008,500 sq km Largest Country— Russia, 17,098,242 sq km(data by facebook/cnaonweb Smallest Country— Vatican City - 0.44 sq km Largest Ocean— The Pacific Ocean - 155,557,000 sq km Smallest Ocean— Arctic, 14,056,000 sq km Highest Mountain— Mount Everest, 29,029 ft - Nepal Longest River— The Nile - 6,650 km(data by facebook/cnaonweb Largest Lake— The Caspian Sea - 371,000 sq km Average Life Expectancy— 67.2 years
Posted on: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:24:57 +0000