Earth mass

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Earth mass (M_⊕) is the unit of mass equal to one Earth. 1 M_⊕ = 5.9736 × 10²⁴ kg. Earth mass is used to describe masses of the rocky planets.

The four terrestrial planets of the solar system have masses of 0.055, 0.815, 1.000, and 0.107 Earth masses for Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, respectively.

One Earth mass can be converted to related units:

• 81.3 Lunar mass (M_L)
• 0.003 15 Jupiter mass (M_J)
• 0.000 003 003 Solar mass (M_⊙)

[edit] See also

• Orders of magnitude (mass)