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What is known as the third rock from the sun?

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The Earth is known as the third rock from the sun, since it is the third planet in orbit from the sun.

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What is the third rock of the sun?
Earth is.
What is the third rock from the sun?
Earth is the third rock from our sun. The answer is the earth.
Why is the earth nicknamed the third rock from the sun?
Because there are 4 rocky, terrestrial planets in order as you move away from the sun. The Earth is the third, with Mercury and Venus coming before it, and Mars after it. In order it would like...
How did earth get its name the third rock from the sun?
because it is the third planet near the sun and actually it looks like a rock!!
Why is the earth called the third rock from the sun?
because it is the 3rd closest planet from the sun. To closest to farthest from the sun it goes Mercury Venus Earth Meaning it is the 3rd "rock" from the sun.