Earth

 Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor and support life. About 29.2% of Earth's surface is land consisting of continents and islands.

Information

Distance from Sun: 149.6 million km

Age: 4.543 billion years

Surface area: 510.1 million km²

Land area: 148.9 million km²

Radius: 6,371 km

Mass: 5.972 × 10^24 kg

Population: 7.674 billion (2019) World Bank

Highest point

Highest mountain on Earth?

• Mount Everest's peak is the highest altitude above mean sea level at 29,029 feet [8,848 meters].

• Mount Chimborazo's peak is the furthest point on Earth from Earth's center. ...

• Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain from base to peak at more than 33,500 feet [10,210 meters].

Lowest level

The world's lowest place on earth is the Dead Sea located in Jordan and Israel, with an elevation amounting to approximately 414 meters below sea level.

Coldest temp

-128.6 degrees

The Earth's lowest temperature was recorded at the Vostok station operated by Russia, -128.6 degrees, on July 21, 1983. That record stood until a new and colder reading was registered in the interior of Antarctica in August, 2010: -135.8 degrees.

Hottest part

Death Valley

Death Valley, California, sits in the Mojave Desert. It routinely sees air temperatures well above 100° F in the summer, leading many people to call it the hottest place on Earth.