Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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    The typical spec of dust that you see floating in the air is half way in size between the Earth and a subatomic particle.
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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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    The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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    Saturn's rings are about 500,000 miles in circumference but only about a foot thick.
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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