Earth

Earth (ENT-78)
Earth (ENT-78)

Earth (TNG-175)
Earth (TNG-175)

Class-M. Earth is the third planet in the Sol System[1] in Sector 001[7] and homeworld of Humans. In 2254, the Talosians viewed an image of the Sol System and many images of Earth’s history while accessing the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701‘s computer.[1] Earth became one of the founding members of the United Federation of Planets in 2161,[15] following the Romulan War,[6] and served as that body’s capital.[5] Starfleet Command and Starfleet Academy were based in San Francisco,[2, 3] while the offices of the Federation President[9] and the Federation Council chamber were located in Paris.[18] The planet hosted several advanced orbital habitats,[2] Starfleet spacedocks,[4] and satellite networks, including Federation communications networks.[12]

Earth enjoyed one of the most advanced, peaceful, and materially pleasant cultures of any known species. There was no case of terrorist bombing or a State of Emergency, other than the Borg attack of 2366, reported in over a century prior to the Antwerp Conference incident and the Changeling scare of 2372.[12] Its worldwide power-relay system was run by the Division of Planetary Operations to operate sensors, transporters and surface-based defense installations. Starfleet had its own emergency back-up system.[13]

Though many native tribes resisted acculturation and sought out the founding of an off-world colony like Dorvan V[10] or Trebus[16] in order to maintain their traditional ways, this was not universally true.[11]

Earth’s location was once pointed out by the Doctor to Danara Pel when the two went “parking” on a holographic re-creation Mars.[14] The planet had a diameter of 12,756 kilometers; it lay approximately 149,680,000 kilometers (or 1 Astronomical Unit) from its parent star, Sol, and surface temperatures ranged from -56.7°C to 34°C. The planet’s day was a single rotation of 24 hours, and it took 365.24 days to complete one orbit around its star. Gravity was 1.0g, and the planet had a single, Class-D moon, Luna.[17] Orbital facilities included Earth Spacedock,[4] Earth Station McKinley,[8] and the San Francisco Fleet Yards.[1]

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See also: Earth (Alt-E60), Earth (Alt-E76)

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