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介绍地球知识点英语

TheEarthisaterrestrialplanetintheSolarSystem,thirdfromtheSun.Itistheonlyastronomicalobjectknowntoharborlife.Earthformedapproximately4.54billionyearsago,anditsonenaturalsatellite,theMoon,orbitsitatanaveragedistanceof384,400km.

I.PhysicalCharacteristics

1.SizeandShape

-Earthsequatorialdiameterisapproximately12,756km,andthepolardiameterisabout12,714km.

-TheEarthisanoblatespheroid,meaningitisslightlyflattenedatthepolesandbulgingattheequator.

2.MassandGravity

-ThemassoftheEarthisabout