Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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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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    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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    The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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    Olympus Mons
    Olympus Mons
    Olympus Mons, on the planet Mars, is the tallest volcano in the Solar System at a height of 14 miles. It is nearly 3 times the height of Mount Everest.
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    The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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