2007-05-24 16:22:18 · 14 answers · asked by rickmaximuspad 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
If you go by the scientific evidence, it's about 4.55 billion years old.
If you prefer going by the mythology of semi-literate tribesmen from a few thousand years ago, then you'll of course get a different answer.
2007-05-24 16:26:39 · answer #1 · answered by Bramblyspam 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Tthe Earth is 4 to 5 billion years old.
2007-05-25 00:16:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The generally accepted age for the Earth and the rest of the solar system is about 4.55 billion years (plus or minus about 1%). This value is derived from several different lines of evidence.
Unfortunately, the age cannot be computed directly from material that is solely from the Earth. There is evidence that energy from the Earth's accumulation caused the surface to be molten. Further, the processes of erosion and crustal recycling have apparently destroyed all of the earliest surface.
The oldest rocks which have been found so far (on the Earth) date to about 3.8 to 3.9 billion years ago (by several radiometric dating methods). Some of these rocks are sedimentary, and include minerals which are themselves as old as 4.1 to 4.2 billion years. Rocks of this age are relatively rare, however rocks that are at least 3.5 billion years in age have been found on North America, Greenland, Australia, Africa, and Asia.
While these values do not compute an age for the Earth, they do establish a lower limit (the Earth must be at least as old as any formation on it). This lower limit is at least concordant with the independently derived figure of 4.55 billion years for the Earth's actual age.
2007-05-24 23:28:17 · answer #3 · answered by myspace.com/truemonge 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Modern geologists consider the age of the Earth to be around 4.567 billion years
2007-05-25 00:02:13 · answer #4 · answered by cHalLenGiNg_gIrl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hold on I'll ask my wife she's been around for a long time and seems to know everything. lol (kidding, jeez)
Yes 4.5 billion years seems to be the most common scientific assumption.
Yes, several thousand if you go biblical. Why would God put dinosaur fossils in the rock if they never lived? To give paleontologist something to do?
2007-05-24 23:31:50 · answer #5 · answered by ablair67 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The earth is 24 years old because that's how old I am!
2007-05-25 01:34:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
our sun created around 5 billion years age,and the earth created about 0.5billion years after that.
2007-05-25 05:21:10 · answer #7 · answered by behzadhooshmand 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 4.5 billion years. Rocks have been found that are four billion years old.
2007-05-25 00:07:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
according to scientists, it is about 4.5 billion years old. according to the bible, it is only a few thousand years old...
2007-05-24 23:26:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
4.5 billion years. However, sun if 6.6 billion years old.
2007-05-24 23:54:31 · answer #10 · answered by jrrkidd 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋