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How old do you think the Earth is?

Some say this age, some say that age... what do you think?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    It’s widely assumed that the solar system as a whole was created all at the same time,

    This would make the 8 planets, 162 moons, 15 dwarfs, asteroids, comets, and all the other planetoid matter that orbits Sol (our sun); roughly 4,500,000,000 +/- a few hundred million years old.

    Source(s): Nasa kid's eye view, Steven Hawkins, & Carl Sagan's writings
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Based on the available evidence, current scientists have been able to reconstruct detailed information about the planet's past. Earth formed 4.57 billion years ago out of the solar nebula, along with the Sun and the other planets. Initially molten, the outer layer of the planet cooled to form a solid crust when water began accumulating in the atmosphere. The moon formed soon afterwards, possibly as the result of a Mars-sized object with about 10% of the Earth's mass, known as Theia, impacting the Earth in a glancing blow. Some of this object's mass merged with the Earth and a portion was ejected into space, but enough material survived to form an orbiting Moon.

    Source(s): http://freewebs.com/campolarali campolar_ali_2005@hotmail.com campolar_ali@yahoo.com
  • 1 decade ago

    The best anyone can do in science is huess the age of the Earth and the planets, because there never will be a fool proof way to know the exact age. So far, it has been recorded at being around for 4.5 billion years, and life on Earth (simplest orgamisms) at being around 4.2 billion years.

  • 1 decade ago

    The Earth began with the entire solar system all at the same time. the Solar System is a swirling set of mass and vacant space. Some rock on earth lead us to believe this, as do some meteorites and lunar rocks.

    Source(s): Science class.
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  • 1 decade ago

    Well, I'm a Christian and I'm not pushing my religion but according to my beliefs the earth is only about 6000 years old.

    Source(s): Thorougher research of the Bible, mainly by theologists but we have looked at it in class too :)
  • 1 decade ago

    the earth is about 2 billion yrs old

  • mertev
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    around 5 billion years

  • 1 decade ago

    When I ask her, she always says "29 years and holding". Just like a woman!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    4 billion years old. It will die when the sun blows up.

  • 1 decade ago

    The earth is never going to die and live forever,until something destroy the earth.

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