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How many miles around is Earth?

How many miles around is Earth?

510.1 million km²
Earth/Surface area

How long is the world?

Earth’s circumference (the distance all the way around the equator) is 24,901 miles (40,075 kilometers). Its diameter (the distance from one side to the other through Earth’s center) is 7,926 miles (about 12,756 kilometers).

How old is our world?

4.543 billion years
Earth/Age

Can you drill through Earth?

First, let us state the obvious: You can’t drill a hole through the center of the Earth. To date, the deepest hole is the Kola Superdeep Borehole. Drilling started in the 1970s and finished some 20 years later when the team reached 40,230 feet (12,262 meters). That is about 7.5 miles, or just over 12 km.

How far is it around the world at the equator in miles?

The distance around the Earth at the Equator, its circumference, is 40,075 kilometers (24,901 miles). The Earth’s diameter is also wider at the Equator, creating a phenomenon called an equatorial bulge.

What is distance north or south of the Earth’s equator?

The circle around the equator is zero and it goes up to 90 degrees north , that is the north pole and down to 90 degrees south, that is the south pole. The distance each degree covers is about 81 miles I think and that is going to be the same on a ball earth and a flat earth.

What are the areas near the equator?

Ecuador means “equator” in Spanish.

  • but it is quite close.
  • Indonesia: Indonesia has a great amount of islands for tourists to visit that are conveniently situated along the equator.
  • Is the equator at the center of the Earth?

    The equator is an imaginary line of latitude around the earth, or any other planet, that separates it into two equal parts, normally the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere. The equator acts as the center between the north and south poles .