Earth
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Distance to the Sun now
0.9919 AU
148,393,045 km
Light time from the Sun
8m 15s
at light speed
Computed 2026-11-03 22:44 UTC · planets astronomy-engine (VSOP87) · comets JPL elements (two-body)
Physical data
- Mean radius
- 6,371.0084 km
- Equatorial radius
- 6,378.1366 km
- Mass
- 5.9722 × 10²⁴ kg
- Density
- 5.5134 g/cm³
- Surface gravity
- 9.8 m/s²
- Escape velocity
- 11.19 km/s
- Rotation period
- 0.99727 days
- Orbital period
- 1 years
- Albedo
- 0.367
- Absolute magnitude V(1,0)
- -3.86 mag
Source:NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Orbit
- Semi-major axis
- 1 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.016711
- Inclination
- -0.000015°
Source:NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
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In everyday life
- It takes about 1 Earth years to orbit the Sun.
- One rotation measured against the stars takes about 23 h 56 min (0.99726968 d) — 4 minutes shorter than the 24-hour solar day.