Radius at the poles: 6.357 x 106 m Radius of a sphere having the same volume: 6.371 x 106 m Mean density of the Earth: 5.522 g/cm3 Mass: 5.983 x 1024 kg Land area: 1.488 x 108 km2 Ocean area: 3.612 x 108 km2 Ocean volume: 1.350 x 109 km3 Highest mountain: Everest: 8,840 m Greatest sea depth: 10.43 km Mean distance to the sun: 1.495 x 108 km Mean distance to the moon: 3.844 x 105 km Mean linear velocity of Earth in its orbit: 29.77 km/s Mean linear velocity of rotation of the surface at the equator: 0.465 km/s