Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    The Sun and Moon appear to be the same size because the moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but 400 times closer to Earth.
    13
    There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
    721
    Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
    121
    Sun Color
    Sun Color
    The Sun is actually white. Viewed from space or a high altitude, it appears as its true color; white. Whereas viewed from a low altitude, atmospheric rendering makes it appear as yellow.
    28
    A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
    127
    The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
    115
    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
    160
    Astronauts cannot burp in space.
    232