Earth is the only planet whose English name does not derive from Greek/Roman mythology. The name derives from Old English and Germanic. There are, of course, hundreds of other names for the planet in other languages. In Roman Mythology, the goddess of the Earth was Tellus – the fertile soil (Greek: Gaia, terra mater – Mother Earth).
It was not until the time of Copernicus (the sixteenth century) that it was understood that the Earth is just another planet.
Earth, of course, can be studied without the aid of spacecraft. Nevertheless it was not until the twentieth century that we had maps of the entire planet. Pictures of the planet taken from space are of considerable importance, for example, they are an enormous help in weather prediction and especially in tracking and predicting hurricanes. And they are extraordinarily beautiful.
1. Stats
- Orbit: 149,600,000 km (1.00 AU) from Sun
- Diameter: 12,756.3 km
- Mass: 5.972e24 kg
- OWNER: Zoners (Zoners)
- SYSTEM: Sol
2. Ships
3. Equipment to buy
3.1. Guns & Missiles & Turrets
- Starkiller Torpedo Launcher
- Wasp Cruise Disruptor
- Heavy Starbeam
- Slingshot Missile
- Adv. Starbeam Turret
- Adv. Stunpulse
- Windstalker Missile
- Sweeper Missile
- Tanto
- Catapult Missile
- Moonstalker Missile
- Debilitator Turret
- Flashpoint
- Tanto Turret
- Wakizashi
- Katana
- Gendaito
- Katana Turret
- Phoenix Project Cannon
3.2. Thrusters
3.3. Mines
- Wardog MineTadpole Mine
- Razor Mine
- Swatter Mine
- Driller Mine
3.4. Shields
- Guardian H. F. Shield
- Guardian L. F. Shield
- Guardian Fr. Shield
- Adv. Guardian Fr. Shield
- Adv. Guardian H. F. Shield
- Adv. Guardian L. F. Shield
- Sentinel Fr. Shield
- Sentinel H. F. Shield
- Sentinel L. F. Shield
- Adv. Sentinel H. F. Shield
- Adv. Sentinel L. F. Shield
- Adv. Sentinel Fr. Shield
- Protector Fr. Shield
3.5. Cargo_Containers
- Barium Container
- Beryllium Container (buy)
- Carbon Container
- Cobalt Container
- Iridium Container
- Titanium Container
- Zinc Container
3.6. Armor Upgrades
- Armor Class 1
- Armor Class 2
- Armor Class 3
- Armor Class 4
- Armor Class 5
- Armor Class 6
- Armor Class 7
- Armor Class 8
- Armor Class 9
- Armor Class 10