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Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and is the largest of the terrestrial planets, in terms of both diameter and mass. Earth is also referred to as "the Earth", "Planet Earth", "Gaia", "Terra", or "the World".
The Earth formed around 4.57 billion years ago and its only known natural satellite, the Moon, began orbiting it around 4.53 billion years ago.
Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
orbit: 149,600,000 km (1.00 AU) from Sun
diameter: 12,756.3 km
mass: 5.972e24 kg
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