How wide is Earth?
Earth is about 12,742 km (7,918 mi) across.
Size source: nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
Compared with things you know
- About 3.7 times as wide as the Moon (3,475 km)
- Saturn including its rings (280,000 km) is about 22 times as wide.
- The Sun (1,391,400 km) is about 109 times as wide.
Did you know?
Earth bulges at the equator: it is about 43 km wider there than it is from pole to pole.
