Amazing Sun Facts

Average Distance From Earth 14,95,98,900 km

Diameter 13,91,980 km
Temperature of the Core 1,50,00,000k
Rotation 25.38 days (with respect to equator);
33 days (with respect to poles)
Chemical Composition
Hydrogen :71%;
Helium: 26.5%;
Other Gases: 2.5%
Age 4.6 Billion Years
Total Life 10 Billion Years
Time Taken by Sunlight to reach earth 8 min. and 16.6 sec.
Speed of light (in vacuum) 3,00,000 kmps

Amazing Moon Facts

Average Distance From Earth 14,95,98,900 km

Diameter 13,91,980 km
Ratio of diameter of Moon to that of Earth 1:3.7
Rotation Period 27 days, 7hrs, 43 min & 11.47 sec
Revolution Period 27 days, 7hrs, 43 min & 11.47 sec
Time Taken by Moonlight to reach earth 1.3 Sec
Percent of surface visible from Earth 59%
First Man to reach Moon Neil Armstrong and Edvin Aldrin on
Apollo XI (1969 )

Amazing Earth Facts

Age 4,550 Million Years
Mass 5.967 x 10 to the power 24 kg
Volume 1.083 x 10 to the power liters
Mean Density 5.518 kg/lt
Total Surface Area 510 million sq. km
Land Area 29.2% of the total surface area
Water Area 70.8% of the total surface area
Equatorial Diameter 12,755 km
Polar Diameter 12, 712 km
Escape Velocity 11.2 km/sec
Highest Land Point Mount Everest (8,852 m)
Lowest Land Point Dead Sea (396m)
Greatest Ocean Depth Mariana Trench (11,033)
Equatorial Circumference 40,024 km
Polar Circumference 40,024 km
Mean Surface Temperature 14°C
Maximum distance from Sun (Aphelion) About 150 million km
Minimum distance from sun (Perihelion) About 147 million km
Rotation Speed 23 hrs, 56 min, 40.91 sec
Revolution Speed 365 days, 5 hrs, 45.51 sec
Dates when days & nights are equal
Mar, 21 (Vernal Equinox): Sept. 23 (Autumnal Equinox)
Dates of longest days and shortest nights
June 21 (Summer Solstice): Dec, 22 (Winter Solstice)