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Encyclopedia > Earth Observatory

The Earth Observatory is a publishing organization of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States. It is the principal source of free satellite imagery and other scientific materials for consumption by the general public. It is paid for by taxpayer money as authorized by the United States Congress.


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  • Earth Observatory (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/)

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The third planet from the Sun, Earth, is the fifth largest with a diameter of 12,756 kilometers (7,928 miles).
By mass, the Earth's is composed of mostly iron (35 percent), oxygen (30 percent), silicon (15 percent), and magnesium (13 percent).
Earth has a modest magnetic field produced by electric currents generated in its metallic core by its rapid spin, which is distorted into a tear-drop shape by the solar wind.
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