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Earth:

Color image showing the full disk of Earth.
A true-color NASA satellite mosaic of Earth.
Earth in Brief
Earth is an ocean planet. Our home world's abundance of water - and life - makes it unique in our solar system. Other planets, plus a few moons, have ice, atmospheres, seasons and even weather, but only on Earth does the whole complicated mix come together in a way that encourages life - and lots of it.

Featured Mission: Earth Science Missions
Orbiting spacecraft study our home world from above as a whole system and aid in our understanding how the planet is changing.

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Just the Facts
Distance from the Sun: 
149,597,890 km
Equatorial Radius: 
6,378.14 km
Volume: 
1,083,200,000,000 km3
Mass: 
5,973,700,000,000,000,000,000,
000 kg
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