Fizikos terminų žodynas : lietuvių, anglų, prancūzų, vokiečių ir rusų kalbomis. – Vilnius : Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. Vilius Palenskis, Vytautas Valiukėnas, Valerijonas Žalkauskas, Pranas Juozas Žilinskas. 2007.
Volume of the Earth — The volume of the Earth is about 1,080,000,000,000,000,000,000 m3, or = 1.08 times;1021 m3, in scientific notation. See 1 E+21 m³ for other things of about this volume. Calculation Earth is an oblate spheroid, resembling a sphere flattened at the … Wikipedia
Structure of the Earth — Earth cutaway from core to exosphere. Left picture is not to scale. The interior structure of the Earth, similar to the outer, is layered. These layers can be defined by either their chemical or their rheological properties. The Earth has an… … Wikipedia
Dipole model of the Earth's magnetic field — Plot showing field lines (which, in three dimensions would describe shells ) for L values 1.5, 2, 3, 4 and 5 using a dipole model of the Earth s magnetic field The dipole model of the Earth s magnetic field is a first order approximation of the… … Wikipedia
Figure of the Earth — An oblate spheroid Geodesy … Wikipedia
History of the Earth — For the history of modern humans, see History of the world. Geological time put in a diagram called a geological clock, showing the relative lengths of the eons of the Earth s history The history of the Earth describes the most important events… … Wikipedia
compression of the earth — The ratio of the difference between the equatorial and polar radii to the equatorial radius. Its value is approximately 1/297 the difference between the equatorial and polar diameter is about 27 miles … Aviation dictionary
Earth radius — The Earth s shape, like that of all major planets, approximates a sphere. A true sphere has a unique radius, but on Earth the distance from the mean sea level at each point on the surface to the center (the radius of the Earth at a point on the… … Wikipedia
Earth's gravity — Earth s gravity, denoted by g , refers to the gravitational attraction that the Earth exerts on objects on or near its surface. Its strength is usually quoted in terms of the acceleration it gives to falling bodies (acceleration due to gravity),… … Wikipedia
Properties of the Moon and the Earth-Moon system — ▪ Table Properties of the Moon and the Earth Moon system Moon Earth approximate ratio (Moon to Earth) mean distance from Earth (orbital radius) 384,400 km period of orbit around Earth (sidereal period of revolution) 27.3217 Earth days inclination … Universalium
Historical determinations of the Earth's radius and flattening — ▪ Table Historical determinations of the Earth s radius and flattening author year method equatorial radius (in metres) l/f* P. Bouguer and P. L. M. de Maupertuis 1735–43 arc 6,397,300 216.80 G.B. Airy 1830 arc 6,376,542 299.30 A.R. Clarke 1866… … Universalium
