Space Facts

Did you know that:

  • The Sun is over 300000 times larger than Earth

  • Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system with a surface temperture of over 450 degrees.

  • The solar system formed over4.6 billion years ago.

  • The moon appears to have more craters and scars than Earth because it has less natural activity going on, while the Earth is constantly reforming its surface through rain, earthquakes, wind and plants growing on the surface, while the moon has very little weatherto alter its apperance.

  • Footprints and tyre tracks on the moon will stay there forever as there is no wind to blow it away.

  • Because of lower gravity, a person who weighs 100kg on Earth would only weigh 38kg on the surface of Mars.

  • Saturn isn’t the only the ringed planet, other gas giants such as Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune also have rings, they are just less obvious.

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