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Average distance from the Sun: 92,960,000 mi.
Diameter of the planet: 7926 mi.
Earth, third rock from the sun and a really great place to live.
The only planet in the solar system known to support life.
Temperatures on Earth range from -120 degrees to 120 degrees Farenheit.
It is titled on its axis at 23.5 degrees, causing the seasons.
One Earth day is 23 hours and 56 minutes, which is why we have leap years every four years.
Earth is the densest planet in the solar system, 5.5 times the density of water.
Earth has one moon.
The major atmospheric gas on Earth is nitrogen.
Earth's atmosphere is composed of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% carbon dioxide, and other trace gases.
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