The planetarium system

The place we call home is earth. Earth is the third rock from the sun and the only planet that supports life what you should note is that ;

  1. Orbit 149,600,000km
  2. Diameter 12,756km
  3. Mass 5.972e24kg

The earth

Earth is the only planet whose englEng name does not derive from Greek mythology. Its name is derived from old English and Germany 

Earth's crust is divided into different solid plates namely:

  • North American plate
  • South American plate
  • Anatarcitic plate
  • African plate
  • Eurasian plate
  • Indian Australian plate
  • Nazca plate
  • Pacific plate

There are also twenty or more small plates as the Arabian, Coco's and philippines

One should note that earthquake are much more at plate boundaries

 

The Earth's surface is very young relatively short by astronomical standards period of 500,000,000years

 

The earth it's self is 4.5 to 4.6 billion years old but the oldest known rocks are 4 billion years are rare

 

The interaction of the earth and the moon slows the Earth's rotation by about 2milliseconds per century

 

Interesting facts about planet Earth

  • its the only planet in our solar system that can support life
  •  It takes 365days for earth to rotate around the sun
  • The earth takes 24hours to turn on its axis
  • The earth is traveling through space at roughly 67000miles per hour
  • The earth is tilted to a 23.5degree angle
  • Has breathable oxygen of around 21%
  • Planet Earth was formed around 4.54billion years ago
  • The earth has an ozone layer

Every one has a call towards keeping our planet earEa sound and clear alot is being down in wrong but little is done in right form

These activities are damaging the earth

  • Mining 
  • Weapon testing
  • Deforestation
  • Industratisation
  • Road construction

However all the above activities are good if done reasonable and controlled because they some are helping transform the planet in a wonderful place to live in alot of people are doing research and implementing alot of techniques to save the planet it's your call your are special and you can do something important never to late

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