Earth symbol
Astronomical symbols for the planet Earth, alchemical symbol for the element Earth / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A variety of symbols or iconographic conventions are used to represent Earth, whether in the sense of planet Earth, or the inhabited world, or as a classical element. A circle representing the round world, with the rivers of Garden of Eden separating the four corners of the world, or rotated 45° to suggest the four continents, remains a common pictographic convention to express the notion of "worldwide". The current astronomical symbols for the planet are a circle with an intersecting cross, ,[1] and a globus cruciger, . Although the International Astronomical Union (IAU) now discourages the use of planetary symbols, this is an exception, being used in abbreviations such as M🜨 or M♁ for Earth mass.[2]
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In Unicode | U+1F728 🜨 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR VERDIGRIS U+2641 ♁ EARTH (Globus cruciger) U+2637 ☷ TRIGRAM FOR EARTH U+1F703 🜃 ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR EARTH |
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Different from | U+23DA ⏚ EARTH GROUND Electrical earth (ground) |
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