Why is it called Earth-1?

After learning of the existence of parallel worlds, Martin Stein coined the world's name, "Earth-1", to describe Team Flash's relative position in regards to all of the other worlds.
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Who called Earth First?

The answer is, we don't know. The name "Earth" is derived from both English and German words, 'eor(th)e/ertha' and 'erde', respectively, which mean ground. But, the handle's creator is unknown. One interesting fact about its name: Earth is the only planet that wasn't named after a Greek or Roman god or goddess.
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What is Earth's true name?

It is a common misconception that “Terra” is the internationally-recognized scientific name of the planet, but in reality Earth does not have an official international name. The standard English name of the planet, including in science, is “Earth”.
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When was the Earth First called Earth?

It comes from the Old English words 'eor(th)e' and 'ertha'. In German it is 'erde'. The name Earth is at least 1000 years old.
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Who named the Earth Earth?

Just as the English language evolved from 'Anglo-Saxon' (English-German) with the migration of certain Germanic tribes from the continent to Britain in the fifth century A.D, the word 'Earth' came from the Anglo-Saxon word 'erda' and it's germanic equivalent 'erde' which means ground or soil.
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How Did Earth Get Its Name?



Who named our planet?

The Greeks and Romans named most of the planets in the Solar System after particular gods, and we have kept those names in English. Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, all unknown in classical times, were named by the modern astronomers who discovered them, but still after Greek and Roman gods.
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Who named Sun?

The word sun comes from the Old English word sunne, which itself comes from the older Proto-Germanic language's word sunnōn. In ancient times the Sun was widely seen as a god, and the name for Sun was the name of that god. Ancient Greeks called the Sun Helios, and this word is still used to describe the Sun today.
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Who made Earth?

When the solar system settled into its current layout about 4.5 billion years ago, Earth formed when gravity pulled swirling gas and dust in to become the third planet from the Sun. Like its fellow terrestrial planets, Earth has a central core, a rocky mantle, and a solid crust.
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Is Eden a planet?

Eden was an uninhabited planet in the Beta Quadrant. This planet was located along the Romulan side of the Neutral Zone.
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What god is Earth named after?

Earth is the only planet not named after a Roman god or goddess, but it is associated with the goddess Terra Mater (Gaea to the Greeks). In mythology, she was the first goddess on Earth and the mother of Uranus. The name Earth comes from Old English and Germanic.
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Does everyone call Earth?

Earth actually does not have the same name in every language. Like most words and names, Earth has its own unique name in each of the many different languages around the globe. Let's take a look at the English word "Earth" first.
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What is our Earth number?

Third Rock. Earth orbits our Sun, a star. Earth is the third planet from the Sun at a distance of about 93 million miles (150 million km).
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What is Marvel's Earth 1?

The home of the Totem Hunters and the Master Weaver. Earth-001 also contains the Web of Life and Destiny, which serves as a map of the Multiverse and is maintained by the arachnid deities known as the Spider-Totems.
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When did God create Earth?

Among the Masoretic creation estimates or calculations for the date of creation only Archbishop Ussher's specific chronology dating the creation to 4004 BC became the most accepted and popular, mainly because this specific date was attached to the King James Bible.
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How old is the world?

Today, we know from radiometric dating that Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. Had naturalists in the 1700s and 1800s known Earth's true age, early ideas about evolution might have been taken more seriously.
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Will the sun ever burn out?

Astronomers estimate that the sun has about 7 billion to 8 billion years left before it sputters out and dies. One way or another, humanity may well be long gone by then.
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What is our moon's name?

It is "Luna" in Italian, Latin, and Spanish, "Lune" in French, "Mond" in German, and "Selene" in Greek. Our Moon is like a desert with plains, mountains, and valleys.
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Who named water?

The word water comes from Old English wæter, from Proto-Germanic *watar (source also of Old Saxon watar, Old Frisian wetir, Dutch water, Old High German wazzar, German Wasser, vatn, Gothic ???? (wato), from Proto-Indo-European *wod-or, suffixed form of root *wed- ("water"; "wet").
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What did the Romans call Earth?

In ancient Roman religion and myth Tellus Mater or Terra Mater (“Mother Earth”) is a goddess of the earth.
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Why was Pluto Not a planet?

According to the IAU, Pluto is technically a “dwarf planet,” because it has not “cleared its neighboring region of other objects.” This means that Pluto still has lots of asteroids and other space rocks along its flight path, rather than having absorbed them over time, like the larger planets have done.
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