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| image = [[File:The Terra seen from Apollo 17.jpg|270px|A color image of Terra as seen from Apollo 17|alt=A planetary disk of white cloud formations, brown and green land masses, and dark blue oceans against a black background. The Arabian peninsula, Africa and Madagascar lie in the upper half of the disk, while Antarctica is at the bottom.]] | | image = [[File:The Terra seen from Apollo 17.jpg|270px|A color image of Terra as seen from Apollo 17|alt=A planetary disk of white cloud formations, brown and green land masses, and dark blue oceans against a black background. The Arabian peninsula, Africa and Madagascar lie in the upper half of the disk, while Antarctica is at the bottom.]] | ||
| caption = "[[wikipedia:The Blue Marble|The Blue Marble]]" photograph of Terra,<br>taken from ''[[wikipedia:Apollo 17|Apollo 17]]'' | | caption = "[[wikipedia:The Blue Marble|The Blue Marble]]" photograph of Terra,<br>taken from ''[[wikipedia:Apollo 17|Apollo 17]]'' | ||
| alt_names = Earth, Gaia, | | alt_names = Earth, Gaia, Chiku | ||
| flag = {{flagicon|world}} | | flag = {{flagicon|world}} | ||
| epoch = [[wikipedia:J2000.0|J2000.0]] | | epoch = [[wikipedia:J2000.0|J2000.0]] | ||
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{{ja_HN|'''{{PAGENAME}}'''|地球| | {{ja_HN|'''{{PAGENAME}}'''|地球|Chiku|lead=yes}}, parallel dimension [[wikipedia:Earth|Planet Earth]], not to be confused with an altogether [[Sayaffallan Earth|more reprehensible]] parallel Earth, linked to the [[Micras]] via a rift in space and time into which the [[Hoenn|Hoennese]] have managed to install a tunnel like structure facilitating two-way traffic. | ||
==Political situation on Terra== | ==Political situation on Terra== | ||
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<!--No World Wars: as a result much of the world is similar to that of 1914. | <!--No World Wars: as a result much of the world is similar to that of 1914. | ||
Decolonization proceeded differently and is "incomplete" compared to OTL. | Decolonization proceeded differently and is "incomplete" compared to OTL. | ||
Australian Republic proclaimed after successful referendum in | Australian Republic proclaimed after successful referendum in 1970s . State lines based on a map Queen Haruka and I both like over on dA; TODO: justify them. :P | ||
Leftier USA because the lack of a Soviet Union precludes WWII, which precludes a Red Scare. | Leftier USA because the lack of a Soviet Union precludes WWII, which precludes a Red Scare. | ||
The Russian Empire persists due to an abortive February Revolution. | The Russian Empire persists due to an abortive February Revolution. | ||
The British Empire is still very much a thing. | The British Empire is still very much a thing. | ||
So is Imperial China, in the form of the Kong dynasty, descendants of Confucius, with the capital at Qufu, in Shandong Province.--> | So is Imperial China, in the form of the Kong dynasty, descendants of Confucius, with the capital at Qufu, in Shandong Province.--> | ||
Revision as of 15:23, 14 May 2018
 "The Blue Marble" photograph of Terra, taken from Apollo 17 | |||||||||||||
| Designations | |||||||||||||
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| Alternative names | Earth, Gaia, Chiku | ||||||||||||
| Orbital characteristics | |||||||||||||
| Epoch J2000.0 | |||||||||||||
| Aphelion |
152,098,232 km 1.01671388 AU | ||||||||||||
| Perihelion |
147,098,290 km 0.98329134 AU | ||||||||||||
| Semi-major axis |
149,598,261 km 1.00000261 AU | ||||||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.01671123 | ||||||||||||
| Orbital period |
365.256363004 days 1.000017421 yr | ||||||||||||
| Average orbital speed | 29.78 km/s107,200 km/h | ||||||||||||
| Mean anomaly | 357.51716° | ||||||||||||
| Inclination |
7.155° to Sol's equator 1.57869° to invariable plane | ||||||||||||
| Longitude of ascending node | 348.73936° | ||||||||||||
| Argument of perihelion | 114.20783° | ||||||||||||
| Satellites |
1 natural (Luna), 8,300+ artificial (as of 1 March 2001[update][ref]) | ||||||||||||
| Physical characteristics | |||||||||||||
| Mean radius | 6,371.0 km | ||||||||||||
| Equatorial radius | 6,378.1 km | ||||||||||||
| Polar radius | 6,356.8 km | ||||||||||||
| Flattening | 0.0033528 | ||||||||||||
| Circumference | 40,075.017 km (equatorial) | ||||||||||||
| Surface area |
510,072,000 km2
148,940,000 km2 land (29.2 %) | ||||||||||||
| Volume | 1.08321×1012 km3 | ||||||||||||
| Mass |
5.9736×1024 kg 3.0×10−6 Suns | ||||||||||||
| Mean density | 5.515 g/cm3 | ||||||||||||
| Equatorial surface gravity |
9.780327 m/s2 0.99732 g | ||||||||||||
| Escape velocity | 11.186 km/s | ||||||||||||
| Sidereal rotation period |
0.99726968 d 23h 56m 4.100s | ||||||||||||
| Equatorial rotation velocity | 1674.4 km/h | ||||||||||||
| Axial tilt | 23°26'21".4119 | ||||||||||||
| Albedo |
0.367 (geometric) 0.306 (Bond) | ||||||||||||
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| Atmosphere | |||||||||||||
| Surface pressure | 101.325 kPa (MSL) | ||||||||||||
| Composition | 78.08% nitrogen (N2)About 1% water vapor (varies with climate) | ||||||||||||
Template:Ja HN, parallel dimension Planet Earth, not to be confused with an altogether more reprehensible parallel Earth, linked to the Micras via a rift in space and time into which the Hoennese have managed to install a tunnel like structure facilitating two-way traffic.
Political situation on Terra
TBC
