Pacifica (Pacifica)

Pacifica

Topographic map of Pacifica
Designations
Alternative names	Earth, Terra, Tellus
Adjectives	Pacifican, eartly, terran, tellurian

Pacifica is the fifth planet from the Sun, situated in the Pacifica System.

Etymology

The Modern Austral word Pacifica developed from Old Austral Pācificus, borrowed from Late Pretian pāx (“peace, home”) +‎ -facio (“to make”), pāxifacio (“to make home”). It is used to refer to the feeling of home in certain dialects in Pretian.

Geophysical characteristics

Size and shape

Pacifica has a rounded shape with an average diameter of 12,742 kilometers (7,918 mi), making it the sixth largest planetary sized and the second largest terrestrial object of the Pacifica System.

Tectonic plates

Main article: Rynan model of tectonic plates

Pacifica's mechanically rigid outer layer of Pacifica's crust and upper mantle, the lithosphere, is divided into tectonic plates. The xx major plates are xx.

Orbit and rotation

Pacifica orbits the sun.

Pacifica–Min-Max system

Maxima

Main article: Moon (Pacifica)

Also known as the Moon, Maxima is one of two natural satellite of earth.

Minima

Main article: Minima (Pacifica)

Atmosphere

Weather and climate

Main article: Sedunnic model of climate (Pacifica)

Pacifica's atmosphere has no definite boundary, gradually becoming thinner and fading into outer space.

See also

• Table of physical properties of planets in the Solar System