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Earth is important because t is the only known planet able to propagate life.

  • The temperature range isn't so extreme that we would burn or freeze to death.
  • We are at the right distance from the sun to be warmed by it and given light, but not so close that we would die from radiation.
  • The atmosphere protects us from radiation and keeps air inside.
  • There's oxygen!
  • Water is available in liquid form.
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