Javascript: best Singleton pattern

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Simplest/Cleanest way to implement singleton in JavaScript?

I'm using this pattern for singletons, in the example the singleton is PlanetEarth:

var NAMESPACE = function () {

    var privateFunction1 = function () {
        privateFunction2();
    };

    var privateFunction2 = function () {
        alert('I\'m private!');
    };

    var Constructors = {};

    Constructors.PlanetEarth = function () {
        privateFunction1();
        privateFunction2();
    };

    Constructors.PlanetEarth.prototype = {
        someMethod: function () {
            if (console && console.log) {
                console.log('some method');             
            }
        }
    };

    Constructors.Person = function (name, address) {
        this.name = name;
        this.address = address;
    };

    Constructors.Person.prototype = {
        walk: function () {
            alert('STOMP!');
        }
    };

    return {
        Person: Constructors.Person, // there can be many
        PlanetEarth: new Constructors.PlanetEarth() // there can only be one!
    };

}();

Since PlanetEarth's constructor remains private, there can only be one.

Now, something tells me that this self-cooked thing isn't the best one can do, mostly because I don't have an academic education and I tend to solve problems in stupid ways. What would you propose as a better alternative my method, where better is defined as stylistically better and/or more powerful?

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