Strangely, âposhliâ (which means âletâs goâ or âletâs head outâ in Russian) is actually the past tense of the verb meaning âTo head off on foot.â In other words, âposhliâ literally means, âWe (or they) headed off on foot.â How can a word which is in the past tense indicate the desire to head off somewhere now?
Earth's mass is approximately 7024597000000000000â 5.97Ã1024 kg (5,970 yg). It is composed mostly of iron (32.1%), oxygen (30.1%), silicon (15.1%), magnesium (13.9%), sulfur (2.9%), nickel (1.8%), calcium (1.5%), and aluminium (1.4%), with the remaining 1.2% consisting of trace amounts of other elements.
The Earthâs mass is 5.9736 x 10 24 kg. Thatâs a big number, so letâs write it out in full: 5,973,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg. You could also say the Earthâs mass is 5.9 sextillion tonnes. Phew, thatâs a lot of mass.