Fun Space Facts For Kids And Teens
Space is humungous. We all believe that, but do we know how large it really is? Did you know that getting to mars takes months? And trying to reach other distant planets takes years? If you’ve ever looked at the sky on a cloudless night, have you ever wondered about the stars twinkling in the sky? How far away are those shimmering points of light? Here are some fun facts about space, the whole family can enjoy.
- The Sun is 300,000 times bigger than the earth.
-Halley’s Comet was seen in the Solar System in 1986. In 2061 it will be observable again.Never heard of this before? Get up to speed here.
- Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system with a temperature more than 450 degrees Celsius.
-The Solar System was created approximately 4.6 billion years ago.
-Footprints and tire tracks imprinted by astronauts on the moon will never disappear; there’s no wind to blow them away.
- Because of the differences in gravity, a person who weighs 100 kilograms on earth will weigh 38 kilograms on the Mars surface.
-The only planet that rotates sideways is Uranus, and the only planet that spins backwards in comparison to the other planets is Venus.
-Saturn is not the only planet wearing a ring. Other planets like Uranus, Neptune and Jupiter have rings too; its just that they aren’t as visible.
-Astronomers changed the meaning of the word planet in 2006, so Pluto is now considered a “dwarf planet.”
-A number of meteoroids can trek through the solar system as fast as 26 miles per second
-The earliest known man made entity sent into space was in 1957. This was accomplished when the Russian satellite Sputnik was dispatched.
-It is because of the gravity of the Sun and Moons that the earth has high and low tides.