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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SPACE


Scientific, historical and cultural facts about space, galaxies, the planets and other objects in the solar system. The latest discoveries and interesting space related features can be found on the blog, while the gallery highlights graphics and diagrams that illustrate more aspects of the the universe.



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MERCURY FACTS

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Mercury is the closest planet to the  Sun  and due to its proximity it is not easily seen except during twilight. For every two orbits of the Sun, Mercury completes three rotations about its axis and up until 1965 it was thought that the same side of Mercury constantly faced the Sun. Thirteen times a century Mercury can be observed from the  Earth  passing across the face of the Sun in an event called a transit, the next will occur on the 9th May 2016. Mercury Planet Profile Diameter: 4,879 km Mass: 3.30 x 10^23 kg (5.5% Earth) Moons: None Orbit Distance: 57,909,227 km (0.39 AU) Orbit Period: 88 days Surface Temperature: -173 to 427°C First Record: 14th century BC Recorded By: Assyrian astronomers QUICK MERCURY FACTS Mercury does not have any moons or rings. Your weight on Mercury would be 38% of your weight on Earth. A day on the surface of Mercury lasts 176 Earth days. A year on Mercury takes 88 Earth days. Mercury has a diamet...
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JUPITER FACTS

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The planet Jupiter is the fifth planet out from the  Sun , and is two and a half times more massive than all the other planets in the  solar system  combined. It is made primarily of gases and is therefore known as a “ gas giant ”. Jupiter Planet Profile Equatorial Diameter: 142,984 km Polar Diameter: 133,709 km Mass: 1.90 × 10^27 kg (318 Earths) Moons: 79 ( Io ,  Europa ,  Ganymede  &  Callisto ) Rings: 4 Orbit Distance: 778,340,821 km (5.20 AU) Orbit Period: 4,333 days (11.9 years) Effective Temperature: -148 °C First Record: 7th or 8th century BC Recorded By: Babylonian astronomers Facts About Jupiter Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the solar system. Only the Sun,  Moon  and  Venus  are brighter. It is one of five planets visible to the naked eye from Earth. The ancient Babylonians were the first to record their sightings of Jupiter. This was around the 7 th  or 8 th  cent...
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