Terrestrial Planet
Earth
Earth is currently about 0 kilometres from Earth, or 0.000 astronomical units, which puts a one-way radio signal 1 seconds out. It is 1.010 astronomical units from the Sun.
The cradle of every mission ever flown. A pale blue world wrapped in a thin, glowing atmosphere, and the launch point for all of humanity’s reach into space.
Roughly 11,000 active satellites orbit Earth, along with two continuously crewed space stations.
Right now
- Distance from Earth
- 0 km (0.000 AU)
- Distance from the Sun
- 151,152,430 km (1.010 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 1 seconds
The body
- Mean radius
- 6,371 km
- Day
- 23.93 hours
- Year
- 365.25 days
- Moons
- 1