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While Earth is only the fifth largest planet in the solar system, it is the only world in our solar system with liquid water on the surface. Just slightly larger than nearby Venus, Earth is the biggest of the four planets closest to the Sun, all of which are made of rock and metal. Earth []
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At 9.01AM today, the Sun crosses the Earth's equator, marking the vernal equinox, the date when the direction of sunrise is due east and sunset due west. The Earth's axis is at right angles to the line from Sun to Earth, the Sun is directly over the equator and the lengths of day and night...
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| | interestingengineering.com

It continues to rage 15 years after the IAU attempted to resolve it by defining what a "planet" is.
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Part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, at the time of launch, Curiosity was the largest and most capable rover ever sent to Mars at that time.
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