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Space Fun Facts

Reading this page will inform you of all of the needless facts about space that you didn't know (or did...) Venture (figuratively) though space, learning about the Sun, the Moon, all of the planets, and the dwarf planet along the way!

The facts are on all the planets, the moon, and the sun. By the end of your reading, you will have plenty of useless facts about space lingering in your brain. Though they may come in handy some day...

So, just in case they will be needed someday, why don't you read some? Enjoy!

Space Fun Facts:

  1. Planets
  2. The Sun
  3. The Moon

Planets

Planet Fun Facts:

  1. Mercury
  2. Venus
  3. Earth
  4. Mars
  5. Jupiter
  6. Saturn
  7. Uranus
  8. Neptune
  9. Pluto

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Mercury

Planet #1

  • Mercury takes 59 days to make a rotation
  • Mercury takes 88 day to circle around the sun
  • Not including Earth, Mercury is the densist planet in our solar system
  • Mercury is the planet that it closest to the Sun (first planet in the solar system
  • Mercury can be seen in early morning and twilight
  • The sun looks two and a half times bigger from Mercury
  • The Romans named it after the Greek god Mercury
  • Mercury is not the warmest planet though it is closest to the sun
  • Mercury's core is iron and the magnetic feild is 1% as strong as Earth's
  • Mercury has no atmosphere


    • Source:
    iloveindia: Interesting Facts anout Mercury
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    Venus

    Planet #2

  • Venus had a diameter of 7,521 miles
  • Venus is Earth's 'twin'. They are similar is size, distance from the sun, etc
  • To find out how much you would weigh on Venus, multiply your weight by 0.91
  • One day on Venus is 234 Earth days
  • Venus's average temperature is 860 degrees (yes, fahrenheit)
  • Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen are what you would find in Venus's atmosphere
  • There have been 6 Missions to Venus - Venera Missions, Mariner Missions, Pioneer Missions, Vega Missions, Galileo, and Magellan
  • Venus revolves around the sun in the opposite direction of all the other planets, clock wise
  • The hottest planet in our solar system is Venus
  • Venus has millions of volcanos


    • Source:
    Thinkquest: Venus
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    Earth

    Planet #3

  • Earth is the only planet with liquid water
  • Earth has 10 million species of life
  • Earth's diameter is almost 8,000 miles
  • Earth is 92,897,000 miles from the sun
  • Earth's crust is about 5 miles deep
  • On Earth, Antartica has 90% of the ice
  • In space, Earth travels at 66,700 miles per hour
  • Earth's oceans are an average of 2 miles deep
  • Earth is estimated to be 3-5 billion years old
  • 6,585,600,000,000,000,000,000 tons is the estimate of how much Earth weighs

    Source:
    Earth Facts
    Planet Pals
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    Mars

    Planet #4

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  • Some people believe that living things called Martians live on Mars
  • Mars is called the 'red planet' from its red tint which is cause by rust the dust on the surface
  • Mars has two moons - Phobos and Deimos
  • Scientist predict that in the next 50 years, Mars's moon, Phobos, with spiral into Mars because of the gravitational pull
  • 1/3 of the missions to Mars have been successful
  • Mars has the largest mountain in the solar system - Olympus Mons
  • Mars almost has no atmosphere
  • Mars can be seen from Earth
  • Mars is about half the size of Earth
  • Mars is 95% carbon dioxide

    Source:
    Interesting Fatcs About Mars
    Universe Today
    Fun Facts about Mars
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    Jupiter

    Planet #5

  • Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system
  • Jupiter has no solid surface you could stand on, its all gas
  • 60 moons have been discovered revolving around Jupiter
  • Jupiter has the strongest gravitational pull of all the planets in the solar system
  • Out of all the planets in the solar system, Jupiter has the shortest day
  • The red spot on Jupiter is a massive storm
  • The Great Red Spot on Jupiter could fit 2 Earths wide
  • Jupiter has rings
  • The magnetic feild on Jupiter is 14 times stronger than on Earth
  • Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the sky from Earth

    Source:
    iloveindia: Facts About Jupiter
    Universe Today
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    Saturn

    Planet #6

  • Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar system (right behind Jupiter)
  • Saturn's rings are the only ring that can be viewed by small telescopes on Earth
  • Saturn's rings are made of ice, rock, and dust bits (not solid)
  • Saturn is the only planet that is less dence than water (if you got a really LARGE amount of water, it would float)
  • Saturn is made up of mostly gas
  • Saturn is very windy (winds can get up to 1,118 miles per hour)
  • You could fit more than 9 Earths if you lines them up next to Saturn
  • Like Jupiter, Saturn is made of gases and is not solid
  • Saturn is mostly made up of helium
  • Saturn goes around the sun very slowly, but spins on its axis very fast

    Source:
    NASA: Saturn Fun Facts
    Saturn Fun Facts
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    Uranus

    Planet #7

  • Uranus's blue color comes from the methane it contains
  • Uranus has 21 moons
  • Five of Uranus's moons are large and the rest are smaller
  • One year on Uranus is equal to 84 Earth years
  • A day on Uranus is about 17 hours long
  • When Sir William Herschel first discovered Uranus, he thought it was a comet
  • Uranus is the only planet that spins on its side
  • Fifty Earths could fit inside of Uranus
  • Uranus has very strong winds - up to 200 miles per hour
  • The surface of Uranus is pitch black

    Source:
    iloveindia: Fun Facts about Uranus
    Interesting Facts about Uranus
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    Neptune

    Planet #8

  • There is a cloud that every 16 hours moves around Neptune called The Scooter
  • Titon is one of Neptune's moons
  • Titon revolves around Neptune in the opposite direction that Neptune rotates in
  • It takes 165 Earth years for Neptune to revolve around the sun
  • Neptune has not yet made a full revolution around the sun since we found it
  • Neptune is blue because of its methane
  • Of the gas giants (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune), Neptune is the smallest
  • Neptune has a rocky core
  • We have only been close to Neptune once
  • Neptune is really cold, but its moon Triton is colder

    Source:
    iloveindia: Fun Facts About Neptune
    Universe Today
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    Pluto

    (Dwarf) Planet #9

  • Pluto has three moons
  • Pluto's largest moon is called Chiron which is almost half the size of Pluto
  • Before Pluto got it's name, they called it Planet X
  • A spacecraft is currently on its way to Pluto. It was launched in 2005 and is expected to land in 2015
  • Seven of the moons in our solar system are larger than Pluto
  • Pluto's orbit goes through Neptunes, so at times Pluto is closer to the sun than Neptune
  • 134340 is Pluto's number in the minor planet catalog (poor Pluto!)
  • Pluto is about 4.5 billion years old (the same age as the sun)
  • Pluto has an atmosphere made of mostly nitrogen, but a little of carbon monoxide and methane too
  • Pluto's diameter is 2340 km (1454 miles)

    Source:
    Universe Today

    • Do you think Pluto should be a planet? Why or why not?

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    Pluto should be a planet!

    CJ says:

    Yes because it is big enough, and if it has moons it must be a planet!

    Nope, not Pluto.

    Frank says:

    No way. It's too small and it ain't a sphere.

    PamelaU says:

    If Pluto becomes a planet again, we'll have to include Ceres etc etc.

     
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    The Sun

    The Sun

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  • The Sun has a life expectancy of 11 billion years
  • The magnetic feild of the sun changes every eleven years
  • Of all Americans, 55% know that sun is a star
  • The sun is about 4.5 billion years old
  • The sun is 93 million miles away from the Earth
  • The sun's light takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth
  • You could fit about a million Earths in the sun if it was hollow
  • Cooler areas of the sun are called Sunspots (they are the darker spots on the sun)
  • The center of the sun is made of helium
  • The Sun's core is 15.7×106 K in temperature

    Source:
    iloveindia: Facts about Sun
    Hot Sun Facts
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    NASA
    The official NASA website
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    Find out everything you want to about outer space
    List of Astronauts
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    The Moon

    The Moon

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  • The moon rotates at 10 miles per hour (the earth's rotates at 1000 miles per hour)
  • 59% of the moon's sufrace can be seen from Earth
  • The moon is 1/4 the size of Earth
  • The moon's temporature can go down to 250 degrees below zero
  • The moon is a satellite of Earth (the only one)
  • Of all the satellites in the Solar System, the moon is the largest
  • The phases of the moon: New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Waning Crescent, and then back to New Moon
  • One of the moon's rotations takes about 27.3 days
  • The dark spots on the moon are craters filled with basalt
  • The moon is the only objects outside of Earth that has been visited by humans

    Source:
    Moon Facts
    Interesting Moon Facts
    Facts about Moon
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    Space Chatter

    What Do You Think Of SPACE?

    • Lifeboost Mar 20, 2012 @ 3:09 pm | delete
      Fun and interesting lens! Really enjoyed learning some new fun facts about space! :)
    • CJ Apr 10, 2012 @ 10:54 am | delete
      I Agree
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