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solar family

by Shashie Agnhotri

Pages 10 and 11 of 16

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Earth is the third planet from the Sun and our home planet.

Earth revolves around the Sun, but its average distance from it is 149 million kilometers / 93 million miles.

Earth revolves around the Sun once every 365.25 days – this is known as one Earth year.

In one year, Earth rotates like a spinning ball about 366.25 times – they are known as Earth days.

Earth has only one satellite – the Moon, but it also has a couple of temporal artificial satellites.