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Earth size
EARTH SIZE
Earth
Earth is
is largest
largest of
of
the
the terrestrial
terrestrial
planets.
planets. its
its volume
volume
is
is also
also is
is also
also the
the
largest.
largest.
Chemically
Chemically ,, Earth
Earth is
is
composed
composed of
of 34.6%
34.6%
Iron,
Iron, 29.5
29.5 %
%
Oxygen,
Oxygen, 15.2%
15.2%
Silicon,
Silicon, 12.7%
12.7%
Magnesium,
Magnesium, 2.4%
2.4%
Nickel,
Nickel, 1.9
1.9 Sulfur
Sulfur
and
and 0.05%
0.05% Titanium
Titanium
EARTH SHAPE
Earth
Earth shape
shape is
is not
not really
really
aa perfect
perfect sphere.
sphere. ItIt has
has
bulges
bulges in
in the
the center
center or
or
around
around the
the equator.
equator. This
This
bulging
bulging effect
effect is
is due
due to
to
the
the rotation
rotation of
of the
the earth,
earth,
and
and with
with this
this bulge
bulge the
the
Earth
Earth is
is described
described as
as
having
having aa shape
shape of
of oblate
oblate
spheroid
spheroid
The
The equatorial
equatorial bulge
bulge at
at at
at Earths
Earths Equator
Equator
is
at
and
is measured
measured
at 26.5
26.5 miles
miles
and caused
caused
by
The
equatorial
bulge
at by
the
the Earths
Earths rotation
rotation and
and gravity.
gravity.
at
Earths
Equator
is
According
to
Tiller
(2005)
there
are
According to Tiller (2005) there are three
three
motion
of
measured
at
26.5 miles
motion that
that are
are independent
independent
of motion
motion of
of
the
Sun
and
the
galaxy
the
Sun
and
the
and caused bygalaxy
the
axis
axis
2.
2. AA daily
daily rotation
rotation on
on its
its axis
axis
3.
3. AA slow
slow clockwise
clockwise wobble
wobble of
of its
its
Precession
Precession
Revolution
Revolution
Rotation
Rotation
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Rotation
> is the movement of
the earth as it rotates
from west to east on its
axis . Earths rotation
appears to rise from the
east moves to west.
Revolution
> Revolution is one
complete orbit of the Earth to
the Sun, in about 365.25 days.
The direction of revolution is
counter clockwise as viewed
down from the north
2.
Precession
> is the reaction of earth to the gravitational pull of the
moon and the sun on its equatorial bulge, however, the
results in a slow wobbling of the earth as it turns on its
axis.
Precessionis a change in theorientationof the rotational
axis of arotatingbody. In an appropriate
reference frameit can be defined as a change in the
firstEuler angle, whereas the third Euler angle defines
therotation itself. In other words, the axis of rotation of
a precessing body itself rotates around another axis. A
motion in which the second Euler angle changes is
callednutation. Inphysics, there are two types of
precession:torque-free and torque-induced.