Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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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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    There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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    There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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    In the last 7 years, humanity has discovered 43 potentially habitable planets.
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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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