What is the mass of the Earth?

Currently, the best value for the mass of the Earth is 5.9742 x 10^27 grams. The uncertainty is +/- 4 x 10^24 grams because of the uncertainty by 1 part in 10000 in the value for the Newtonian Constant of Gravitation itself.


Copyright 1997 Dr. Sten Odenwald
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