Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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There's a mysterious dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter called 'Ceres' which has never been visited by spacecraft or photographed in detail, however, Earth-bound telescopes reveal a large bright shining spot on the surface of this planet, the origin and nature of which are unknown.
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The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
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Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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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 center of the galaxy tastes like raspberries and smells like rum, according to astronomers.
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