earth.md

   1 # Earth
   2
   3 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), [Universe](universe.md). So far it is the only known place to have [life](life.md).
   4
   5 Now behold the grand rendering of the Earth map in [ASCII](ascii_art.md) ([equirectangular](equirectangular.md) projection):
   6
   7 ```
   8 X      v      v      v      v      v      v      v      v      v      v      v      v      v      v      v      X
   9                         .-,./"">===-_.----..----..      :     -==-
  10                      -=""-,><__-;;;<""._         /      :                     -===-
  11     ___          .=---""""\/ \/ ><."-, "\      /"       :      .--._     ____   __.-""""------""""---.....-----..
  12 > -=_  """""---""           _.-"   \_/   |  .-" /"\     :  _.''     "..""    """                                <
  13 "" _.'ALASKA               {_   ,".__     ""    '"'   _ : (    _/|                                         _  _..
  14   "-._.--"""-._    CANADA    "--"    "\              / \:  ""./ /                                     _--"","/
  15    ""          \                     _/_            ",_/:_./\_.'                     ASIA            "--.  \/
  16 >               }                   /_\/               \:EUROPE      __  __                           /\|       <
  17                 \            ""=- __.-"              /"":_-. -._ _, /__\ \ (                       .-" ) >-
  18                  \__   USA      _/                   """:___"   "  ",     ""                   ,-. \ __//
  19                     |\      __ /                     /"":   ""._..../                          \  "" \_/
  20 >                    \\_  ."  \|      ATLANTIC      /   :          \\   <'\                     |               <
  21                         \ \_/| -=-      OCEAN       )   :AFRICA     \\_.-" """\                .'
  22        PACIFIC           "--._\                     \___:            "/        \ .""\_  <^,..-" __
  23         OCEAN                 \"""-""-.._               :""\         /          "     | _)      \_\INDONESIA
  24 >.............................|..........",.............:...\......./................_\\_....__/\..,__..........<
  25                               |   SOUTH    \            :   /      |                 "-._\_  \__/  \  ""-_
  26                                \ AMERICA   /            :  (       }                     """""===-  """""_
  27                                 \_        |             :   \      \                          __.-""._,"",
  28 >                                 \      /              :   /      / |\                     ," AUSTRALIA  \     <
  29                                   |     |               :   \     /  \/      INDIAN         ";   __        )
  30                                   |     /               :    \___/            OCEAN           """  ""-._  /
  31                                  /     /                :                                               ""   |\
  32 >                                |    /                 :                                               {)   // <
  33                                  |   |                  :                                                   ""
  34                                  \_  \                  :
  35                                    """                  :
  36 >                                     .,                :                                                       <
  37                        __....___  _/""  \               :          _____   ___.......___......-------...__
  38 --....-----""""----""""         ""      "-..__    __......--"""""""     """                              .;_.....
  39                                               """"      : ANTARCTICA
  40 X      ^      ^      ^      ^      ^      ^      ^      ^      ^      ^      ^      ^      ^      ^      ^      X
  41 ```
  42
  43 Some numbers about the planet Earth:
  44
  45 - age: 4.54 billion years
  46 - distance from the [Sun](sun.md) (nearest, furthest): 147098450 km, 152097597 km,
  47 - radius (equator, poles): 6378 km, 6356 km
  48 - mass: 5.9 * 10^24 kg
  49 - acceleration by gravity: 9.8 m/s^2
  50 - axial tilt: 23.4 degrees
  51 - length of year: 365.25 days
  52 - land vs water area: 148940000 km^2, 361132000 km^2
  53
  54 ```
  55      _---"""---_
  56    .':. ;::.: -./;.
  57   /;:;:: ':  .-':::\
  58 .|';:'      ';':;:::|.
  59 |::         .:'::;:::|
  60 |::.         ':;:::::|
  61 '|:;           ':;::|'
  62   \::          .:::/
  63    ':_        .:_.'
  64       """----"""
  65 ```
  66
  67 *Earth from space*