Question | Answer |
Diameter | 13000km |
Shape | Oblate spheroid |
Rotation period | 23 hrs 4 min |
distance to sun | 150 million km |
evidence for earth being spherical | -ships disappear over horizon -satellites orbit earth -curvature of earth's shadow during partial lunar eclipse images of earth from space |
latitude | how far up/down from equator |
longitude | how far round compared to Greenwich |
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