Our blue home
Earth & Moon
Shared inner approach · Timor RoadNearly 71% of Earth’s surface is water. The Moon steadies our axial tilt and raises the tides. Without it, climate would be far more chaotic. The Earth–Moon pair slow Earth’s spin by about two milliseconds per century.
- Type
- Terrestrial planet + natural satellite
- Distance
- 1 AU
- Diameter
- 12,742 km
- Orbit
- 365.25 days; Moon 27.3 days
- Moons
- 1 — the Moon, 384,400 km away
- Model size
- Earth 33.5 cm · Moon 9 cm
- On the Drive
- 3.9 km from the Sun
- Found
- The only planet not named for a god or goddess
Missions
Apollo 11, 20 July 1969 — first humans on another world. ISS, Artemis, and a sky full of Earth-observation satellites.
Country around the board
Approaching Coonabarabran and the Warrumbungle mountains. Kamilaroi people have sung the Moon’s stories for millennia — phases for ceremony, travel and seasonal knowledge. The same dark skies now host modern telescopes.
Where to look
Search Google Maps for the planet plus the road or town. Boards are large, dark blue, and sit on the five approach roads — then Timor Road and Observatory Road for the inner worlds.
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