Space Facts

    Random Space Facts

    There are 77 Space Facts!

    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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    There are approximately 3,500 astronomers in the U.S. - but over 15,000 astrologers.
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    Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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    The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.
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    Approximately 115 tons of ocean salt spray enters the earth's atmosphere each second.
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    The temperature of the earth's interior increases by 1 degree every 60 feet down.
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    Gene Cernan
    Gene Cernan
    Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, wrote his daughter's initials there. They’ll last at least 50,000 years.
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    The population of the Earth has more than doubled since 1950.
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