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➢ Earth is not a complete sphere. It’s actually shaped like a flattened sphere
➢ Earth’s atmosphere extends to a distance of 10000 km
➢ Earth doesn’t take 24 hrs to rotate on its axis, it actually takes 23 hrs, 56
mins and 4 seconds
➢ A year on earth isn’t 365 days, it’s actually 365.2564 days. It’s the extra
0.2564 days that creates a leap year
➢ Earth is the only planet that is not named after a Roman god
➢ Earth was once believed to be at the center of the universe
➢ Earth is the densest planet in the solar system
➢ Several billion years ago Earth only had one continent
➢ Earth is the 5th largest planet with a radius of 3959 miles
➢ The Earth moves around the Sun at a speed of 67000 miles per hour
Pravardhan T A
VIII B
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