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Earth orbits the Sun, making Earth the third-closest planet to the Sun and part of the inner Solar System. Earth's average orbital distance is about 150 million km (93 million mi), which is the basis for the astronomical unit (AU) and is equal to roughly 8.3 light minutes or 380 times Earth's distance to the Moon.
An alternate name for planet Earth, as well as the Latin name for the planet; Terra may also refer to: Geography. Astronomy. Terra ...
Tellus is a Latin word meaning "Earth" and may refer to: An alternative name for the planet Earth; Tellus of Athens, a citizen of ancient Athens who was thought to be the happiest of men; Tellus Mater or Terra Mater, the ancient Roman earth mother goddess; Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia
It derives its name from the island country of New Zealand which occupies the vast majority of its non-submerged land. Dutch explorers named the land Nova Zeelandia after the Dutch province of Zeeland, [24] [25] and British explorer James Cook subsequently anglicised the name to New Zealand. [26] [self-published source] [27]
In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Tellus, Terra or Tierra [a] ("Mother Earth") is the personification of the Earth.Although Tellus and Terra are hardly distinguishable during the Imperial era, [1] Tellus was the name of the original earth goddess in the religious practices of the Republic or earlier.
The globe, an alternative name for Earth; Any other spherical or roughly spherical object; Places. Multiple places with the same name. Globe Building (disambiguation)
Question: The United Nations has what name for Earth Day? Answer: International Mother Earth Day. Question: Approximately how many people participate in Earth Day each year?
For instance, for a large portion of names ending in -s, the oblique stem and therefore the English adjective changes the -s to a -d, -t, or -r, as in Mars–Martian, Pallas–Palladian and Ceres–Cererian; [note 1] occasionally an -n has been lost historically from the nominative form, and reappears in the oblique and therefore in the English ...