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{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin:25px 0 0 10px; border:3px solid lightsteelblue;width:250px; font-size:90%; font-family:'Arial','Helvetica'; float: right; clear: right;"Template in Orbiter"
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[[Image:EarthScrshot.jpg|thumb|right|Earth in Orbiter]]
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2" align="center" |Earth
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'''Earth''' is the third planet from the [[Sun]]. It has one natural satellite, the [[Moon]]
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:EarthScrshot.jpg|240px]]
 
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|colspan="2" align="center"|'''Earth in Orbiter'''
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Designation
 
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|Name||align="right"|Earth
 
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|width="30%"|Reference body||align="right" width="30%"|Sun
 
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|width="30%"|Number of satellites||align="right" width="30%"|1
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary mean orbits
 
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|width="30%"|Epoch||align="right" width="50%"|J2000 (1 January 2000)
 
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|1.00000011 AU <br> (1.495978871×10<sup>11</sup> km)
 
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="30%"|0.01671022
 
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|0.00005° <br> (0.00000087 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|-11.26064° <br> (-0.1965352 radian)
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|102.94719° <br> (1.796767 radian_
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|100.46435° <br> (1.753434 radian)
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Planetary orbital element centennial rates
 
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|width="30%"|Semimajor axis (a)||align="right" width="50%"|-0.00000005 AU/Century
 
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|width="30%"|Eccentricity (e)||align="right" width="50%"|-0.00003804 Century<sup>-1</sup>
 
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|width="30%"|Inclination (i)||align="right" width="30%"|-46.94 seconds/Century
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)||align="right" width="30%"|-18228.25 seconds/Century
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)||align="right" width="30%"|1198.28 seconds/Century
 
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|width="30%"|Mean longitude (L)||align="right" width="30%"|129597740.63 seconds/Century
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Selected physical parameters
 
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|width="30%"|Mean radius||align="right" width="30%"|6371.01 km
 
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|width="30%"|Mass||align="right" width="30%"|5.973698968×10<sup>24</sup> kg
 
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|width="30%"|Density||align="right" width="30%"|5.515 g/cm<sup>3</sup>
 
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|width="30%"|Sidereal rotation period||align="right" width="30%"|23.93447 hours
 
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|width="30%"|Sidereal orbit period||align="right" width="30%"|0.9999786 years
 
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|width="30%"|Magnitude V(1,0)||align="right" width="30%"|-3.86
 
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|width="30%"|Geometric albedo||align="right" width="30%"|0.65
 
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|width="30%"|Equatorial gravity||align="right" width="30%"|9.780327 m/s<sup>2</sup>
 
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|width="30%"|J coefficients||align="right" width="30%"|1082.6269e-6 -2.51e-6 -1.60e-6 -0.15e-6
 
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|width="30%"|Escape velocity||align="right" width="30%"|11.186 km/s
 
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|width="30%"|SOI radius||align="right" width="30%"|2.6×10<sup>8</sup> m
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Rotation elements
 
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|width="30%"|North pole right ascension (α<sub>1</sub>)||align="right" width="30%"|n/a
 
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|width="30%"|North pole declination (δ<sub>1<sub>)||align="right" width="30%"|90°
 
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|width="30%"|Obliqutiy of ecliptic||align="right" width="30%"|23.44°
 
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|width="30%"|Longitude of Sun's transit||align="right" width="30%"|0°
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Atmospheric parameters
 
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|width="30%"|Surface Pressure||align="right" width="30%"|101.4 kPa
 
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|width="30%"|Surface Density||align="right" width="30%"|1.217 kg/m<sup>3</sup>
 
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|width="30%"|Scale height||align="right" width="30%"|8.5 km
 
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|width="30%"|Average temperature||align="right" width="30%"|288 K
 
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|width="30%"|Wind speeds||align="right" width="30%"|0-100 m/s
 
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!bgcolor="lightsteelblue" colspan="2"|Ecliptic position from primary*
 
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|width="30%"|Note||align="right" width="30%"|*Elements given are from Orbiter.pdf (2016)
 
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[[Earth]] is the third planet from the [[Sun]] and is the only body known to have life. It is one of the four 'rocky' planets, the others are [[Mercury]], [[Venus]], and [[Mars]]. The [[Moon]] is the only natural satellite orbiting the earth.
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Go to [[:Category:Addons for Earth|Addons for Earth]]
  
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The Earth is close to an oblate spheroid, but,  in Orbiter it's modeled as a sphere, its mean diameter is 6371.01 km, but gravitational calculations include the J coefficients given in the table to the right. The sidereal day is 86164.092 seconds, the obliquity is 23.439291°.
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==Natural satellites==
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== Orbital characteristics ==
 
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Earth is the third planet from the [[Sun]], after [[Mercury]] and [[Venus]], with a [[Semi-major axis|semimajor axis]] in [[Orbiter]] of about 1.49598×10<sup>11</sup> km, and an orbital [[Eccentricity|eccentricity]] of about 0.0167, and
 
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an [[Inclination|inclination]] of 0.00005° (0.00000087 radian).
 
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== Physical characteristics ==
 
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The Earth is modeled in Orbiter as a sphere 6371.01 km in radius with a mass of about 5.974×10<sup>24</sup> kg. The Sidereal rotation period is just under 24 hours. At the surface the acceleration due to [[gravity]] is 9.78 m/s<sup>2</sup, and the [[Escape velocity]]|escape velocity]] is 11.186 km/s.
 
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== Geological features ==
 
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In Orbiter 2016, Earth is modeled as a sphere with elevations approximating the elevations on the real Earth, including sea level. Included in the stock version are files for Antartic Stations, Cities, Impact Features Islands, Mountains and volcanos, Tracking Stations, and some miscellaneous features. Files are located in your Orbiter\Config\Earth\Marker directory.
 
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== Natural satellites ==
 
 
* [[Moon]]
 
* [[Moon]]
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== Spaceports ==
 
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The stock Orbiter includes 35 bases, some of which include details such as runways, landing pads, buildings, etc, some only include a marker to depict its location.<br>
 
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See [[Earth spaceports in Orbiter2016|Listing of ''Earth spaceports in Orbiter2016'']]
 
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== See also ==
 
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*[[Spaceport]], a listing of spaceports on the real Earth used to launch rockets and spacecraft.
 
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*[[Earth spaceports in Orbiter2016]]
 
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*[[:Category:Add-ons for Earth|Addons for Earth]]
 
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*[[w:Earth|Earth]] at Wikipedia
 
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==External links==
 
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[[w:Earth|Earth]] at Wikipedia
 
  
 
[[Category:Celestial bodies]]
 
[[Category:Celestial bodies]]
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[[Category: Articles]]
 
 
[[Category:Solar System]]
 
[[Category:Solar System]]
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[[Category: Planets]]
 
  
  
  
 
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