EARTH – Planets in our solar system (3 of 9)
Distance from sun – 93 million miles
Distance from earth – 0
Moons – 1
Diameter – 7917 miles
Year (one orbit around the sun) – 365 days
Greek name – Gaea, Tellus Mater or Terra Mater
Roman name – Mother Earth or Earth
Mythology – Earth is the only planet not named after a Roman god or goddess, but it is associated with the goddess Terra Mater (Gaea to the Greeks). In mythology, she was the first goddess on Earth and the mother of Uranus. The name Earth comes from Old English and Germanic. It is derived from “eor(th)e” and “ertha,” which means “ground.”