Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    The sun puts out more power in 1 second than mankind has ever used within human existence.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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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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    If aliens located 60-65 million light years away from us, looked at earth through a really powerful telescope today, they would see dinosaurs!
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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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