If it all started with a bang,how did the earth happen to be just the right size and distant from the sun?

Question

If the earth had grown any bigger it would have been to close to the sun and would be too hot, if it had been any smaller it would have been too far from the sun and would have been too cold. What made it stop growing

Answer 1

chance or divine intervention.depending on your point od view.

Answer 2

There are a lot of planets which DON'T just happen to be the right size and distance from the sun. Life formed (or was formed) on the one which had favorable conditions.

Answer 3

It just happened. It was all luck, the earth was just the right size and distance from the sun for life to evolve on it. Just look at the planets around us, they weren't as lucky.

Answer 4

if a thousand mokeys were typing on keyboards for all time, the whole works of shakspere would be written. as well as a lot of drivle.

how many other planets didn't make the right disatnce, probably a lot, but a few had to be in the right place, so just chance.

Answer 5

It's pure luck. Our planet has the exact properties to support life, such as temperature, air pressure, liquid water, dry land, and resources.

Check out the Drake equation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation

Answer 6

Beings from another planet have technology beyond our imagination. Billions of years ago they bio-engineered life on this planet. These beings have been visiting our planet since its creation.

Answer 7

thats an excellent question, no one is really sure, its a question of religion to some, G-d creating it like that or is it just one big coincidence. no one knows. no way of telling.

Answer 8

it ran out of building material