Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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    The last time that the Sun was in its current position in space around the Milky Way, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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    Olympus Mons
    Olympus Mons
    Olympus Mons, on the planet Mars, is the tallest volcano in the Solar System at a height of 14 miles. It is nearly 3 times the height of Mount Everest.
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    41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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    A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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    Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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