The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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Jupiter's magnetosphere is the largest single structure inside the Solar System. If you could see it with your eyes, it would appear larger than our full Moon.
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It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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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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Astronomer Percival Lowell believed that he was the first person to observe canals on Venus, but because of a faulty adjustment of the eyepiece on his telescope, he was in fact looking at the blood vessels in his own eye.
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The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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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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