The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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Any space vehicle must move at a rate of 7 miles per second in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull.
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A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star (to our solar system)
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Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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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.
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The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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