Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    1054 AD Supernova
    1054 AD Supernova
    In the year 1054 AD, there was an explosion in the sky so bright that it was visible for 23 days straight, even during the day.
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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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    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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    Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets combined.
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    On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, the atmosphere is so thick and the gravity so low that humans could fly through it by flapping "wings" attached to their arms.
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    The earth rotates more slowly on its axis in March than in September.
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