Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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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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    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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    Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.
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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    The earth travels through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
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    Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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