Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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    Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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    Summer on Uranus lasts for 21 years.
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    The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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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 Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
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