Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio.
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    Earth is the only planet in our solar system that's not named after a god or goddess.
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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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    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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    A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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    Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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