Our Planet Is Like A Big Peach

Now we all agree about the shape of Earth, let’s take a look at its size. Earth has a diameter measured at the equator of 12 756.2 kilometers, and of 12 713.6 kilometers if measured between poles, so its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattening" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">flattening</a> is quite small, only 42.6 kilometers, making our planet almost indistinguishable from a sphere for most practical purposes. I think we all agree that, compared to human scale, Earth is a quite big ball, even if it is not particularly remarkable in astronomical terms, except for the small detail it is the only known planet hosting life. In fact, it is eleven time smaller than <a href="https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/jupiter/overview/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Jupiter</a>, the biggest guy in the planet crew. <a href="https://medium.com/everyday-science/our-planet-is-like-a-big-peach-481528a5f927">Visit Now</a>