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Earth and Sun have 80 things in common (in Unionpedia): Angular diameter, Atmosphere of Earth, Aurora, Axial tilt, Bible, Carbon dioxide, Chemical element, Circumference, Comet, Deity, Dwarf planet, Earth mass, Ecliptic, Equator, Equinox, Escape velocity, Extinction event, Fixed stars, Formation and evolution of the Solar System, Galactic plane, Geophysical Research Letters, Germanic languages, Gould Belt, Gravity, Greenhouse gas, Heliocentrism, Hydrogen, Ice age, Impact event, Iron, ..., Isotope, Kelvin, Lagrangian point, Lapse rate, Latitude, Life, Magnesium, Mars, Metabolism, Methane, Milankovitch cycles, Milky Way, Molecular cloud, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Moon, NASA, Nature (journal), Nitrogen, Old English, Orion Arm, Outer space, Oxygen, Ozone layer, Perihelion and aphelion, Photosynthesis, PLOS Biology, Proto-Germanic language, Radioactive decay, Radiometric dating, Red giant, Rotation, Silicon, Solar eclipse, Solar irradiance, Solar System, Solar time, Solar wind, Solstice, Space.com, Stellar evolution, Sulfur, Sun, Terrestrial planet, Tesla (unit), Thermal energy, Timeline of the far future, Tonne, Ultraviolet, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Winter solstice. Expand index (50 more) »
Angular diameter
The angular diameter, angular size, apparent diameter, or apparent size is an angular measurement describing how large a sphere or circle appears from a given point of view.
Angular diameter and Earth · Angular diameter and Sun ·
Atmosphere of Earth
The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, commonly known as air, that surrounds the planet Earth and is retained by Earth's gravity.
Atmosphere of Earth and Earth · Atmosphere of Earth and Sun ·
Aurora
An aurora (plural: auroras or aurorae), sometimes referred to as polar lights, northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in the Earth's sky, predominantly seen in the high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic).
Aurora and Earth · Aurora and Sun ·
Axial tilt
In astronomy, axial tilt, also known as obliquity, is the angle between an object's rotational axis and its orbital axis, or, equivalently, the angle between its equatorial plane and orbital plane.
Axial tilt and Earth · Axial tilt and Sun ·
Bible
The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, "the books") is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures that Jews and Christians consider to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans.
Bible and Earth · Bible and Sun ·
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide (chemical formula) is a colorless gas with a density about 60% higher than that of dry air.
Carbon dioxide and Earth · Carbon dioxide and Sun ·
Chemical element
A chemical element is a species of atoms having the same number of protons in their atomic nuclei (that is, the same atomic number, or Z).
Chemical element and Earth · Chemical element and Sun ·
Circumference
In geometry, the circumference (from Latin circumferentia, meaning "carrying around") of a circle is the (linear) distance around it.
Circumference and Earth · Circumference and Sun ·
Comet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process called outgassing.
Comet and Earth · Comet and Sun ·
Deity
A deity is a supernatural being considered divine or sacred.
Deity and Earth · Deity and Sun ·
Dwarf planet
A dwarf planet is a planetary-mass object that is neither a planet nor a natural satellite.
Dwarf planet and Earth · Dwarf planet and Sun ·
Earth mass
Earth mass (where ⊕ is the standard astronomical symbol for planet Earth) is the unit of mass equal to that of Earth.
Earth and Earth mass · Earth mass and Sun ·
Ecliptic
The ecliptic is the circular path on the celestial sphere that the Sun follows over the course of a year; it is the basis of the ecliptic coordinate system.
Earth and Ecliptic · Ecliptic and Sun ·
Equator
An equator of a rotating spheroid (such as a planet) is its zeroth circle of latitude (parallel).
Earth and Equator · Equator and Sun ·
Equinox
An equinox is commonly regarded as the moment the plane (extended indefinitely in all directions) of Earth's equator passes through the center of the Sun, which occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 22-23 September.
Earth and Equinox · Equinox and Sun ·
Escape velocity
In physics, escape velocity is the minimum speed needed for an object to escape from the gravitational influence of a massive body.
Earth and Escape velocity · Escape velocity and Sun ·
Extinction event
An extinction event (also known as a mass extinction or biotic crisis) is a widespread and rapid decrease in the biodiversity on Earth.
Earth and Extinction event · Extinction event and Sun ·
Fixed stars
The fixed stars (stellae fixae) comprise the background of astronomical objects that appear to not move relative to each other in the night sky compared to the foreground of Solar System objects that do.
Earth and Fixed stars · Fixed stars and Sun ·
Formation and evolution of the Solar System
The formation and evolution of the Solar System began 4.6 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant molecular cloud.
Earth and Formation and evolution of the Solar System · Formation and evolution of the Solar System and Sun ·
Galactic plane
The galactic plane is the plane on which the majority of a disk-shaped galaxy's mass lies.
Earth and Galactic plane · Galactic plane and Sun ·
Geophysical Research Letters
Geophysical Research Letters is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal of geoscience published by the American Geophysical Union that was established in 1974.
Earth and Geophysical Research Letters · Geophysical Research Letters and Sun ·
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania, and Southern Africa.
Earth and Germanic languages · Germanic languages and Sun ·
Gould Belt
The Gould Belt is a partial ring of stars in the Milky Way, about 3000 light years across, tilted toward the galactic plane by about 16 to 20 degrees.
Earth and Gould Belt · Gould Belt and Sun ·
Gravity
Gravity, or gravitation, is a natural phenomenon by which all things with mass or energy—including planets, stars, galaxies, and even light—are brought toward (or gravitate toward) one another.
Earth and Gravity · Gravity and Sun ·
Greenhouse gas
A greenhouse gas is a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiant energy within the thermal infrared range.
Earth and Greenhouse gas · Greenhouse gas and Sun ·
Heliocentrism
Heliocentrism is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System.
Earth and Heliocentrism · Heliocentrism and Sun ·
Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a chemical element with symbol H and atomic number 1.
Earth and Hydrogen · Hydrogen and Sun ·
Ice age
An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.
Earth and Ice age · Ice age and Sun ·
Impact event
An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects.
Earth and Impact event · Impact event and Sun ·
Iron
Iron is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from ferrum) and atomic number 26.
Earth and Iron · Iron and Sun ·
Isotope
Isotopes are variants of a particular chemical element which differ in neutron number.
Earth and Isotope · Isotope and Sun ·
Kelvin
The Kelvin scale is an absolute thermodynamic temperature scale using as its null point absolute zero, the temperature at which all thermal motion ceases in the classical description of thermodynamics.
Earth and Kelvin · Kelvin and Sun ·
Lagrangian point
In celestial mechanics, the Lagrangian points (also Lagrange points, L-points, or libration points) are positions in an orbital configuration of two large bodies, wherein a small object, affected only by the gravitational forces from the two larger objects, will maintain its position relative to them.
Earth and Lagrangian point · Lagrangian point and Sun ·
Lapse rate
Lapse rate is the rate at which Earth's atmospheric temperature decreases with an increase in altitude, or increases with the decrease in altitude.
Earth and Lapse rate · Lapse rate and Sun ·
Latitude
In geography, latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the Earth's surface.
Earth and Latitude · Latitude and Sun ·
Life
Life is a characteristic that distinguishes physical entities that do have biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from those that do not, either because such functions have ceased, or because they never had such functions and are classified as inanimate.
Earth and Life · Life and Sun ·
Magnesium
Magnesium is a chemical element with symbol Mg and atomic number 12.
Earth and Magnesium · Magnesium and Sun ·
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury.
Earth and Mars · Mars and Sun ·
Metabolism
Metabolism (from μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical transformations within the cells of organisms.
Earth and Metabolism · Metabolism and Sun ·
Methane
Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (one atom of carbon and four atoms of hydrogen).
Earth and Methane · Methane and Sun ·
Milankovitch cycles
Milankovitch cycles describe the collective effects of changes in the Earth's movements on its climate over thousands of years.
Earth and Milankovitch cycles · Milankovitch cycles and Sun ·
Milky Way
The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System.
Earth and Milky Way · Milky Way and Sun ·
Molecular cloud
A molecular cloud, sometimes called a stellar nursery (if star formation is occurring within), is a type of interstellar cloud, the density and size of which permit the formation of molecules, most commonly molecular hydrogen (H2).
Earth and Molecular cloud · Molecular cloud and Sun ·
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in astronomy and astrophysics.
Earth and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Sun ·
Moon
The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.
Earth and Moon · Moon and Sun ·
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.
Earth and NASA · NASA and Sun ·
Nature (journal)
Nature is a British multidisciplinary scientific journal, first published on 4 November 1869.
Earth and Nature (journal) · Nature (journal) and Sun ·
Nitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7.
Earth and Nitrogen · Nitrogen and Sun ·
Old English
Old English (Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.
Earth and Old English · Old English and Sun ·
Orion Arm
The Orion Arm is a minor spiral arm of the Milky Way some across and approximately in length, containing the Solar System, including the Earth.
Earth and Orion Arm · Orion Arm and Sun ·
Outer space
Outer space, or just space, is the expanse that exists beyond the Earth and between celestial bodies.
Earth and Outer space · Outer space and Sun ·
Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element with symbol O and atomic number 8.
Earth and Oxygen · Oxygen and Sun ·
Ozone layer
The ozone layer or ozone shield is a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation.
Earth and Ozone layer · Ozone layer and Sun ·
Perihelion and aphelion
The perihelion of any orbit of a celestial body about the Sun is the point where the body comes nearest to the Sun.
Earth and Perihelion and aphelion · Perihelion and aphelion and Sun ·
Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that can later be released to fuel the organisms' activities (energy transformation).
Earth and Photosynthesis · Photosynthesis and Sun ·
PLOS Biology
PLOS Biology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of Biology.
Earth and PLOS Biology · PLOS Biology and Sun ·
Proto-Germanic language
Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; German: Urgermanisch; also called Common Germanic, German: Gemeingermanisch) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Earth and Proto-Germanic language · Proto-Germanic language and Sun ·
Radioactive decay
Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay or radioactivity) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy (in terms of mass in its rest frame) by emitting radiation, such as an alpha particle, beta particle with neutrino or only a neutrino in the case of electron capture, gamma ray, or electron in the case of internal conversion.
Earth and Radioactive decay · Radioactive decay and Sun ·
Radiometric dating
Radiometric dating or radioactive dating is a technique used to date materials such as rocks or carbon, in which trace radioactive impurities were selectively incorporated when they were formed.
Earth and Radiometric dating · Radiometric dating and Sun ·
Red giant
A red giant is a luminous giant star of low or intermediate mass (roughly 0.3–8 solar masses) in a late phase of stellar evolution.
Earth and Red giant · Red giant and Sun ·
Rotation
A rotation is a circular movement of an object around a center (or point) of rotation.
Earth and Rotation · Rotation and Sun ·
Silicon
Silicon is a chemical element with symbol Si and atomic number 14.
Earth and Silicon · Silicon and Sun ·
Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse (as seen from the planet Earth) is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and when the Moon fully or partially blocks ("occults") the Sun.
Earth and Solar eclipse · Solar eclipse and Sun ·
Solar irradiance
Solar irradiance is the power per unit area received from the Sun in the form of electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range of the measuring instrument.
Earth and Solar irradiance · Solar irradiance and Sun ·
Solar System
The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.
Earth and Solar System · Solar System and Sun ·
Solar time
Solar time is a calculation of the passage of time based on the position of the Sun in the sky.
Earth and Solar time · Solar time and Sun ·
Solar wind
The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the upper atmosphere of the Sun, called the corona.
Earth and Solar wind · Solar wind and Sun ·
Solstice
A solstice is an event occurring when the Sun appears to reach its most northerly or southerly excursion relative to the celestial equator on the celestial sphere.
Earth and Solstice · Solstice and Sun ·
Space.com
Space.com is a space and astronomy news website.
Earth and Space.com · Space.com and Sun ·
Stellar evolution
Stellar evolution is the process by which a star changes over the course of time.
Earth and Stellar evolution · Stellar evolution and Sun ·
Sulfur
Sulfur or sulphur is a chemical element with symbol S and atomic number 16.
Earth and Sulfur · Sulfur and Sun ·
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.
Terrestrial planet
A terrestrial planet, telluric planet, or rocky planet is a planet that is composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals.
Earth and Terrestrial planet · Sun and Terrestrial planet ·
Tesla (unit)
The tesla (symbol T) is a derived unit of magnetic flux density (informally, magnetic field strength) in the International System of Units.
Earth and Tesla (unit) · Sun and Tesla (unit) ·
Thermal energy
Thermal energy is a term used loosely as a synonym for more rigorously-defined thermodynamic quantities such as the internal energy of a system; heat or sensible heat, which are defined as types of transfer of energy (as is work); or for the characteristic energy of a degree of freedom in a thermal system kT, where T is temperature and k is the Boltzmann constant.
Earth and Thermal energy · Sun and Thermal energy ·
Timeline of the far future
While predictions of the future can never be absolutely certain, present understanding in various scientific fields allows for the prediction of far-future events, if only in the broadest outline.
Earth and Timeline of the far future · Sun and Timeline of the far future ·
Tonne
The tonne (Non-SI unit, symbol: t), commonly referred to as the metric ton in the United States, is a non-SI metric unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms;.
Earth and Tonne · Sun and Tonne ·
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet (UV) is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength from 10 nm to 400 nm, shorter than that of visible light but longer than X-rays.
Earth and Ultraviolet · Sun and Ultraviolet ·
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) was a Scots-Irish mathematical physicist and engineer who was born in Belfast in 1824.
Earth and William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin · Sun and William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin ·
Winter solstice
The winter solstice (or hibernal solstice), also known as midwinter, is an astronomical phenomenon marking the day with the shortest period of daylight and the longest night of the year.
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- What Earth and Sun have in common
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Earth and Sun Comparison
Earth has 582 relations, while Sun has 548. As they have in common 80, the Jaccard index is 7.08% = 80 / (582 + 548).
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