Arizona State University COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES
SCHOOL OF EARTH AND SPACE EXPLORATION

How big and heavy is the Earth?

Sculpture of Atlas, of Greek mythology, in Melbourne, Australia (wikipedia.org)

The goals of the following exercises are to obtain estimates for the circumference, radius, and volume of the Earth, and then compute its mass and density.

KM#4: The Size of the Earth (Level 2)

 

KM #5: The Size of the Earth—Estimation in Arizona (Level 2)

 

KM#9: Mass and Density of the Earth (Level 3)

 

KM#11: Size, Mass and Density of the Earth  (Level 3)