Moon Moving Away from Earth

The moon is slowly creeping away from Earth. It’s a nearly insignificant displacement but it moves 3.8 cm further into space every year. This has been determined since the 1970’s using laser ranging measurements.

When the moves 14,600 miles into space, we will no longer see a total eclipse of the sun. Don’t worry about that though because it’s going to take 500 million years until that happens.

1 comment January 6th, 2008

Basic Facts about Planet Earth

This is the first post on this brand new website dedicated to science and our planet Earth.  We know more today than ever before about our planet and what’s going on around us. Science is always continuing to connect the dots through research, study, and experimentation. As technology advances, we continue to learn and find more out about our planet.

Learn a little about the planet we call Earth:

Age: 4.6 billion years old.
Location: 3rd planet from the sun.
Size: 5th largest planet in our solar system. 
Surface Area: 197 million square miles.
Diameter: 12,756 km (7,926 miles)
Average Temperature: 59 degrees F (15C)
Length of Year: 365.25 days
Inclination of Axis: 23.45 degrees
Chemical Composition: 34.6%  Iron, 29.5%  Oxygen, 15.2%  Silicon, 12.7%  Magnesium, 2.4%  Nickel, 1.9%  Sulfur, 0.05% Titanium

Want more? Take a look at Amazing Earth Facts page.

3 comments October 29th, 2007