1. One million Earths could fit inside the sun – and the sun is considered an average-size star.
2. The sun is a yellow dwarf planet.
3. An asteroid about the size of a car enters Earth's atmosphere roughly once a year – but it burns up before it reaches us.
4. Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system and has an average surface temperature of 450° C. However, it is not the closest planet to the sun, mercury is much closer but it does not have an atmosphere to regulate temperature.
5. Neutron stars can spin 600 times per second.
6. The sun'd mass takes up about 99% of the solar system.
7. Comets are leftovers from the creation of our solar system about 4.5 billion years ago – they consist of sand, ice and carbon dioxide.
8. There is a volcano on mars 3 times the size of Everest.
9. Space is completely silent.
10. If two pieces of the same type of metal touch in space, they will bond and be permanently stuck together.
11. Venus has an extremely slow axis rotation that takes about 243 Earth days to complete one full cycle.
12. There are an estimated 100-400 billion stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way.
13. The universe is observed to be 13.8 billion years old .
14. The longest a total solar eclipse can last is 7.5 minutes.
15. Jupiter is the fourth brightest object in the solar system.
16. Jupiter orbits the Sun once every 11.8 Earth years.
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The Great Red Spot is a huge storm on Jupiter. It has raged for at least 350 years. It is so large that three Earths could fit inside it.
18. The surface temperature in Saturn is about -139 °C.
19. Saturn is the flattest planet.
20. Saturn orbits the Sun once every 29.4 Earth years.
21. Mars and Earth have approximately the same landmass.
22. Mars has 2 moons, Phobos and Deimos.
23. Saturn is made mostly of hydrogen.
24. Mars takes its name from the Roman god of war.
25. The Valles Marineris is an extensive canyon system on the Mars equator. It is 4,200 kilometres long and, in places, is 7 kilometres deep.
That's all for today. I hope you enjoyed this chapter because I really enjoyed writing it.
See you in the next chapter!
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