Total Surface Area: about 509 600 000 square km (197 000 000 square miles). Area of land: 148 326 000 km2 (57 268 900 square miles), this are 29% of the total surface of Planet Earth. Area of water: 361 740 000 km2 (139 668 500 square miles), this are 71% of the total surface of the Earth. 97 percent is salt water and only 3 percent is fresh water. Estimated Mass: 5.976 x1024 kg or roughly 6x1021 metric tons.
Aurora borealis occurs in the layer of the atmosphere called the  Thermosphere. Ionized particles from the sun are drawn to the  magnetic poles of Earth, which gives us the â¦ spectacular Northern  Lights.
1 The ionosphere is a region of the atmosphere that is ionized by solar radiation. 2  It is responsible for auroras. 3  During daytime hours, it stretches from 50 to 1,000 km (31 to 621 mi; 160,000 to 3,280,000 ft) and includes the mesosphere, thermosphere, and parts of the exosphere.