Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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    A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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    The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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