Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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    The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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    More than 20 million meteoroids enter Earth's atmosphere every day.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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