Iearth

Iearth

Photographs of both hemispheres of Iearth, taken by the Zamastanian Zian-2B Satellite
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	149598023 km (92955902 mi; 1.00000102 AU)
Eccentricity	0.0167086
Orbital period	365.256363004 d (1.00001742096 yr)
Satellite of	Sun
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	6371.0 km (3958.8 mi)
Surface area	510072000 km2 (196940000 sq mi)
Volume	1.08321×1012 km3 (2.59876×1011 cu mi)
Mass	5.97237×1024 kg (1.31668×1025 lb)
Mean density	5.514 g/cm3 (0.1992 lb/cu in)
Surface gravity	9.807 m/s2 (1 g; 32.18 ft/s2)
Escape velocity	11.186 km/s (40270 km/h; 25020 mph)
Axial tilt	23.4392811°
Atmosphere
Surface pressure	1 atm (100 kPa)

Iearth, also known as Earth or the World, is the fifth planet from the Sun in the Estrella System. It is the only planet in the cosmos known to accomodate life. Scientific analysis generally concludes that Iearth developed over 4 billion years ago. The Iearth rotates around the Sun in 365 and ¼ days, a period commonly accepted as a year.

Humans are the most influential lifeform on Iearth, with their influence being clearly seen on the planet's surface whether with reference to atmospheric composition, land cover, hydrology, light or the transportation and transformation of terrestrial material. The world contains a large variety of nations (some of the most significant being Zamastan, Beleroskov, Vulkaria, Yuan, and Cadair), where the developments of humanity can be seen through the many languages spoken, international organizations such as the Coalition of Crown Albatross, conflicts and warfare such as the World War, and the control and manipulation of other species, energy, and natural resources. According to the latest census date the Iearth is home to about 10 billion human beings.

Etmology

The most commonly accepted Caticeze-English word for Iearth comes from the Verdusian word eorðe, meaning dirt, soil, dry land, and ground.

History

See also: History of Iearth

Physical characteristics

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Continents

Iearth has an approx. total area of 131,750,000 km² (50,870,000 sq mi). The land is divided into five continents. A continent is one of several very large landmasses of the world. Identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, we commonly regard up to four regions as continents. Ordered alphabetically, these continents are:

Map of the Continents		Name
		Adula
		Antartique
		Ausiana
		Euronia
		Nortua

Oceans

Iearth is a blue planet. The presence of water on its surface is unique in the Estrella system. The main bodies of water in the hydrosphere are the oceans.

Map of the Continents		Name
		Northern Ocean
		Olympic Ocean
		Samson Ocean
		Toyana Ocean

Humanity

The Headquarters of the Coalition of Crown Albatross in Tofino, Zian, Zamastan, is the primary complex that houses the Coalition's functions, though there are multiple other headquarter offices across the World. It is located in Embassy Row, the world's largest diplomatic functioning district.

Iearth's timezones.

See: List of sovereign states and dependent territories (Iearth)

About 50% of Iearth is covered in water, with the remainder of of land also being roughly 90% uninhabitable due to mountains, desert, and ice caps. The northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world, at latitude 82°30'05" north, 817 kilometres (508 mi) from the North Pole, located at Recon Percilius Joint Research Station on Percilius Jacobeir Island in New Anea on the continent of Nortua. The southernmost is the Joint Antartique South Pole Station located almost exactly at the South Pole on the continent of Antartique.

Humanity has also extended its reach beyond the planet's surface. The Coalition Space Station is a scientific module built, maintained, and crewed by an international community of scientists and astronauts that orbits the planet. The Marri-1 launch in June 6th, 1962 put the first humans, Zamastanian astronauts Casey Giverston and Demarcus Free, into space. In 1970, a joint-Beleroskov and Drambenburgian rover was landed on the moon, and on June 3rd, 1972 the Zamastanian Blue Falcon 3 mission put astronauts John Bennett, Vincent Steward, and Edward Wood Chambers on the lunar surface. The Courage program is an international effort underway to colonize Eirus, the third planet in the solar system.

Humanity has divided the planet into timezones, which are areas that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it is convenient for areas in frequent communication to keep the same time.