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how much people are on earth: 6,660,000,000 (6.66 billion) as of April 2008 population growth: 1.14% - 2006 estimate (this means at the current rate of growth, the earth's population will double in 61.4 years) there are 195 countries. Average Distance from the Earth to the Sun: 93,020,000 miles (149,669,180 km) Average Distance from the Earth to the Moon: 238,857 miles (384,403.1 km) mount everist is found in Asia: 29,035 feet (8850 m) Tallest Mountain on Earth from Base to Peak - Mauna Kea, Hawaii: 33,480 feet (rising to 13,796 feet above sea level) (10204 m; 4205 m) Point Farthest From the Center of the Earth - The peak of the volcano Chimborazo in Ecuador at 20,561 feet (6267 m) is farthest from the center of the earth due to its location near the equator and the oblateness of the Earth. deppest point in the sea - Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench, Western Pacific Ocean: 35,840 feet (10924 m) Highest Temperature Recorded: 135.8°F - Al Aziziyah, Libya, September 13, 1922 (57.7°C) Lowest Temperature Recorded: -128.5°F - Vostok, Antarctica, July 21, 1983 (-89.2°C) Water vs. Land: 70.8% Water, 29.2% Land
 * Age:** 4.6 billion years old.
 * Position:** 3rd planet from the sun.
 * Size:** 5th largest planet in our solar system.
 * Surface Area:** 197 million square miles, about 70 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water..
 * Diameter:** The Earth has an average diameter of 12,742 kilometers. (7,926 miles)
 * Average Temperature:** The temperature at the Earth's core is estimated to be between 5000 and 7000 degrees Celsius.
 * Length of Year:** 365.25 days[[image:http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs/tierneylab/26asteroid1.190.jpg]][[image:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:1vTmDHXlo03nUM:http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YuR6V_Yr7Bk/StgbyRrvzKI/AAAAAAAADME/sksegbO38DE/s400/asteroid%2Bdinos.jpg width="319" height="257" link="http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YuR6V_Yr7Bk/StgbyRrvzKI/AAAAAAAADME/sksegbO38DE/s400/asteroid%2Bdinos.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.phenomenica.com/2009/10/huge-asteroid-crashing.html&usg=__zODWI2i1EtKIViiTJJC_36bwg2g=&h=305&w=400&sz=19&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=1vTmDHXlo03nUM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dasteriod%2Bcrashing%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den"]]
 * Inclination of Axis:** The Earth's axis has a tilt of about 23 ½ degrees. It is this tilt which causes the seasons.

Earth is the only inhabited planet in the galaxy that we know of but their are many different planets that we haven't explored yet. The earth is the fifth planet from the sun and is the largest of the terrestrial planets, in the solar system the planet earth is refered to as the Blue planet. The most best scientists in the world believe that all humans originated from Africa The oldest known fossil of a human ancestor was found around 3.2 million years ago in Arabian town in the middle of the desseret.