earth sun and moon
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Earth is the only planet in the solar system with
water
Earth is the only planet that has
earthquakes and volcanoes
The sun is the closest star to the earth
Without the sun there would be no life on
earth
The sun is the largest thing in our solar
system
The Sun appears to have been active for 4.6
billion years
The Moon takes about 27 days (27 days, 7
hours, 43 minutes, 11.6 seconds) to go all the way around the Earth
and return to its starting position.
2006 Turkey Solar Eclipse
How a Solar Eclipse is formed
When the moon covers the sun it forms a Solar Eclipse
The earth is the 5th biggest planet in our solar system
Earth is the only planet with life that we know of.
Earth is 70.8% Water and 29.2% Land
Earths distance from the sun is 93 million miles
Earths moon is called Lunar
When Alan Sheppard was on the moon, he hit a golf ball and drove it 2,400 feet, nearly one half a mile.
The moon is not a planet, but a satellite of the Earth.
The sun is made of burning hot gas
Our sun has an expected lifetime of about 11 billion years.
No solar eclipse can last longer than 7 minutes 58 seconds because of the
speed at which the sun moves.
Created by Logan Thompson