Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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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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    It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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    One pinhead of the sun's energy is enough to kill a person at a distance of 160 kilometers.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.
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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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