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Miracle of Life

When viewed from the perspective of cosmic eternity, the miracle of life on Earth becomes all the more precious. Magnificent planet Earth becomes all the more divine.

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Behold majestic planet Earth. Treasure life on Earth.

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The Local Galactic Neighborhood

The Solar System is the local galactic neighborhood where humans reside. Through space exploration, humans have begun sizing up their small corner of space—and beyond.

Description	Sun	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto
Mean Distance from Sun 1 (Metric kilometers)	Not Applicable	57,909,227 km	108,209,475 km	149,598,262 km	227,943,824 km	778,340,821 km	1,426,666,422 km	2,870,658,186 km	4,498,396,441 km	5,906,440,628 km
Mean Distance from Sun 2 (English miles)	Not Applicable	35,983,125 miles	67,238,251 miles	92,956,050 miles	141,637,725 miles	483,638,564 miles	886,489,415 miles	1,783,744,300 miles	2,795,173,960 miles	3,670,092,055 miles
Mean Distance from Sun 3 (Astronomical Units)	Not Applicable	0.38709927 A.U.	0.7233357	1.000 A.U.	1.523662 A.U.	5.2028870 A.U.	9.53667594 A.U.	19.189165 A.U.	30.069923 A.U.	39.482117 A.U.
Mean Orbit Velocity 1 (Metric kilometers per hour)	Not Applicable	170,503 km/h	126,074 km/h	107,218 km/h	86,677 km/h	47,002 km/h	34,701 km/h	24,477 km/h	19,566 km/h	16,809 km/h
Mean Orbit Velocity 2 (English miles per hour)	Not Applicable	105,946 mph	78,339 mph	66,622 mph	53,858 mph	29,205 mph	21,562 mph	15,209 mph	12,158 mph	10,444 mph
Mean Orbit Velocity Note	Not Applicable	1.590 x Earth	1.176 x Earth	Not Applicable	0.808 x Earth	0.438 x Earth	0.324 x Earth	0.228 x Earth	0.182 x Earth	0.157 x Earth
Equatorial Circumference 1 (Metric kilometers)	4,370,005.6 km	15,329.1 km	38,024.6 km	40,030.2 km	21,296.9 km	439,263.8 km	365,882.4 km	159,354.1 km	154,704.6 km	7,231.9 km
Equatorial Circumference 2 (English miles)	2,715,395.6 miles	9,525.1 miles	23,627.4 miles	24,873.6 miles	13,233.3 miles	272,945.9 miles	227,348.8 miles	99,018.1 miles	96,129.0 miles	4,493.7 miles
Surface Area 1 (Metric square kilometers)	109.2 x that of Earth	0.3829x Earth's	0.9499 x Earth's	Not Applicable	0.532 x Earth	10.9733 x Earth	9.1402 x Earth	3.9809 x Earth	3.8647 x Earth	0.1807 x Earth
Surface Area 2 (English square miles)	2,347,017,636,988 square miles	28,879,000 square miles	177,697,463 square miles	196,936,994 square miles	55,742,106 square miles	23,713,907,537 square miles	16,452,636,641 square miles	3,120,894,516 square miles	2,941,431,558 square miles	6,427,806 square miles
Surface Area Note	11,917.607 Earths	0.147 x Earth	0.902 x Earth	Not Applicable	0.283 x Earth	120.414 x Earth	83.543 x Earth	15.847 x Earth	14.980 x Earth	0.033 x Earth
Surface Gravity 1 (Metric square meters per second)	274.0 m/s²	3.7 m/s²	8.87 m/s²	9.80665 m/s²	3.71 m/s²	24.79 m/s²	10.4 m/s²	8.87 m/s²	11.15 m/s²	0.66 m/s²
Surface Gravity 2 (English square feet per second)	899.0 ft/s²	12.1 ft/s²	29.1 ft/s²	32.041 ft/s²	12.2 ft/s²	81.3 ft/s²	34.3 ft/s²	29.1 ft/s²	36.6 ft/s²	2.2 ft/s²
Surface Gravity Note	27.96 x Earth's surface gravity	100 pounds on Earth = 38 pounds on Mercury	100 pounds on Earth = 91 pounds on Venus	Not Applicable	100 pounds on Earth = 38 pounds on Mars	100 pounds on Earth = 253 pounds on Jupiter.	100 pounds on Earth = 107 pounds on Saturn	100 pounds on Earth = 91 pounds on Uranus	100 pounds on Earth = 114 pounds on Neptune	100 pounds on Earth = 7 pounds on Pluto
Escape Velocity 1 (Metric kilometers per hour)	2,223,720 km/h	15,300 km/h	37,296 km/h	40,284 km/h	18,108 km/h	216,720 km/h	129,924 km/h	76,968 km/h	84,816 km/h	4,428 km/h
Escape Velocity 2 (English miles per hour)	1,381,756 mph	9,507 mph	23,175 mph	25,031 mph	11,252 mph	134,664 mph	80,731 mph	47,826 mph	52,702 mph	2,751 mph
Sidereal Rotation Period 1 (days)	25.38 Earth Days	58.646 Earth Days	-243.018 Earth Days	0.99726968 Earth Days	1.026 Earth Days	0.41354 Earth Days	0.444 Earth Days	-0.718 Earth Days	0.671 Earth Days	-6.387 Earth Days
Sidereal Rotation Period 2 (hours)	609.12 Hours	1407.5 Hours	-5832.4 Hours	23.934 Hours	24.623 Hours	9.92496 Hours	10.656 Hours	-17.23992 Hours	16.11000 Hours	-153.29280 Hours
Surface Temperature 1 (Metric Celsius)	5,500 °C	-173/427 °C	462 °C	-88/58 (min/max) °C	-153 to +20 °C	-148 °C	-178 °C	-216 °C	-214 °C	-233/-223 °C
Surface Temperature 2 (English Fahrenheit)	10,000 °F	-279/801 °F	864 °F	-126/136 (min/max) °F	-225 to +70 °F	-234 °F	-288 °F	-357 °F	-353 °F	-387/-369 °F
Description	Sun	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto

Table Credit: NASA

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Enter the Human Factor

What about Earth's human caretakers? How are they going to act? How are they going to conduct themselves? Will they ever get their collective acts together and proceed to transform Earth into some form of Heaven for the living to enjoy each day? I think that they will.

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The paradox of humankind is this: It is an infinitely intelligent species. In a very short span of time, the human species has amassed and impressive stock of knowledge and wisdom. The human species has excelled in its dominion over the natural world. The human species has emerged as the pre-eminent life form on Earth. Yet, if it is the fate of the human species to go extinct on some future date, then its high intelligence just might be the trigger to a chain of events that ultimately would lead to its demise.

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