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# Earth
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Well, Earth is the [planet](planet.md) we live on. It is the third planet from the [Sun](sun.md) of our Solar system which itself is part of the [Milky Way](milky_way.md) [galaxy](galaxy.md). So far it is the only known place to have [life](life.md).
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Now behold the grand rendering of the Earth map in [ASCII](ascii_art.md) ([equirectangular](equirectangular.md) projection):
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```
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X v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v X
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.-,./"">===-_.----..----.. : -==-
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-=""-,><__-;;;<""._ / : -===-
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___ .=---""""\/ \/ ><."-, "\ /" : .--._ ____ __.-""""------""""---.....-----..
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> -=_ """""---"" _.-" \_/ | .-" /"\ : _.'' ".."" """ <
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"" _.'ALASKA {_ ,".__ "" '"' _ : ( _/| _ _..
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"-._.--"""-._ CANADA "--" "\ / \: ""./ / _--"","/
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"" \ _/_ ",_/:_./\_.' ASIA "--. \/
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> } /_\/ \:EUROPE __ __ /\| <
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\ ""=- __.-" /"":_-. -._ _, /__\ \ ( .-" ) >-
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\__ USA _/ """:___" " ", "" ,-. \ __//
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> \\_ ." \| ATLANTIC / : \\ <'\ | <
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\ \_/| -=- OCEAN ) :AFRICA \\_.-" """\ .'
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PACIFIC "--._\ \___: "/ \ .""\_ <^,..-" __
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OCEAN \"""-""-.._ :""\ / " | _) \_\INDONESIA
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>.............................|..........",.............:...\......./................_\\_....__/\..,__..........<
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| SOUTH \ : / | "-._\_ \__/ \ ""-_
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\ AMERICA / : ( } """""===- """""_
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\_ | : \ \ __.-""._,"",
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> \ / : / / |\ ," AUSTRALIA \ <
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| / : \___/ OCEAN """ ""-._ /
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/ / : "" |\
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__....___ _/"" \ : _____ ___.......___......-------...__
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--....-----""""----"""" "" "-..__ __......--""""""" """ .;_.....
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"""" : ANTARCTICA
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```
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Some numbers about the planet Earth:
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- age: 4.54 billion years
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- distance from the [Sun](sun.md) (nearest, furthest): 147098450 km, 152097597 km,
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- radius (equator, poles): 6378 km, 6356 km
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- mass: 5.9 * 10^24 kg
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- acceleration by gravity: 9.8 m/s^2
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- axial tilt: 23.4 degrees
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- length of year: 365.25 days
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- land vs water area: 148940000 km^2, 361132000 km^2 |