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=(:OB_SPOOKYGIRL'S PLANETS AND STUFF:) = == = = **Planets in the Solar System:** Mercury Venus Mars Saturn Jupiter Earth Uranus Neptune = Interesting facts on space:) if you want to copy a paste this you must tell me because it's My information! =  QUESTIONS: Are there other living things living on other planets in the Solar System? Are there other galaxies in the Milky Way? How far away (in km) are the planets in the solar system away from the sun? How hot is it on the planets in the solar system? (:Temperatures and Measurements on PLanets in the Solar System:) Mercury: Distance from the sun: 60,000,000 km Diameter: 4,900 miles Day/Rotation: 59 hrs Year/Orbit: 88 days Temperature: -180 degrees celcius to 420 degrees celcius
 * Any free-moving liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere, because of its surface tension.
 * Mercury, Venus and Earth are called the inner planets as they are closest to the sun!
 * December 21st 1968, was the first time that humans truly left Earth, when Apollo 8 became the first manned space vehicle to leave Earth orbit and to orbit the Moon.
 * Olympus Mons, a volcano found on Mars, is the largest volcano found in solar system. It is 370 miles (595 km) across and rises 15 miles (24 km).
 * We know more about space than we do about our deep oceans!
 * The space age began on the 4th October 1957.
 * If you attempted to count all the stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it would take around 3,000 years to count them all.
 * The one and only satellite that Britain has launched was called Black Arrow.
 * The odds of being killed by space debris - 1 in 5 billion.
 * The Earth's revolution time increases .0001 seconds annually.
 * Driving at 75 miles (121 km) per hour, it would take 258 days to drive around one of Saturn's rings.
 * Astronaut Neil Armstrong (the first man on the moon) first stepped on the moon with his left foot.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">"Moon" was Buzz Aldrin's (second man on the moon) mother's maiden name.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first conventional use for rockets was rocket mail and catching whales and deer.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The only married couple to fly together in space were Jan Davis and Mark Lee, who flew aboard the Endeavour space shuttle from September 12-20, 1992.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first millennium, 1 - 1000 AD, consisted of 365,250 days. Our current millennium, 1001 - 2000 AD, will consist of 365,237 days. The third millennium, 2001 - 3000 AD, will consist of 365,242 days. The reason for the differences is the calendar system that was in use during the milleniums.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you shouted in space even if someone was right next to you they wouldn't be able to hear you.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Feb 1865 and Feb 1999 are the only months in recorded history not to have a full moon.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first man-made satellite in space was called sputnik.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Just 20 seconds worth of fuel remained when Apollo 11's lunar module landed on the moon.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first woman in space was a Russian called Valentina Tereshkova.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">One Day on the planet Pluto is about the length of a week on Earth.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Gravity moves planets etc.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The sun's core is 6 million degrees celcius
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Astronauts and scientists think that a "Big Bang" formed the universe
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pluto is world of rock & ice
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ceres was the biggest astroid
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neptune sometimes froms white clouds when there are storms
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fierce winds in Neptune blow up to 1,200 km an hour
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Saturns rings are broken bits of rock
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Saturn has 7 rings
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jupiter is mainly made of hydrogen and helium

Venus: Distance from the sun: 108,300,000 km Diameter: 12,000 miles Day/Rotation: 243 hrs Year/Orbit: 255 days Temperatures: 480 degrees celcius

Earth: Diameter: 13,000 miles Distance from the sun: 150,000,000km Day/Rotation: 24hrs Year/Orbit: 365 day

Mars: Distance from the sun: 218,000,000km Diameter: 6,800 miles Day/Rotation: 24.5hrs Year/orbit: 687 days Temperatures: 120 degrees celcius to 20 degrees celcius

Jupiter: Distance from the sun: 778,000,000 km Diameter: 143,000 miles Day/rotation: 10hrs Year/orbit: 11.9 yrs Temperature: -140 degrees celcius

Saturn: Distance from the sun: 1427,000,000km Diameter: 121,000 miles Day/Rotation: 10.7 hrs Year/Orbit: 29.5 years Temperatures: -170 degrees celcius

Uranus: Distance from the sun: 2,870,000,000 km Diameter: 47,100 km Day/Rotation: 16hrs Year/orbit: 84 yrs Temperature: -210 degrees celcius

Neptune: Distance from the sun: 4,500,000,000 Diameter:44,000 miles Day/Rotation: 16hrs Year/ orbit: 16.5 years Temperature/s: -220 degrees celcius

Moon: Diameter: 3,500 km Distance from Earth: 384,000 km

Sun: Diameter: 1,400,000 miles Temperatures: -Surface: 6,000 degrees celcius -Centre: 5,000,000 dgrees celcius

Pluto: Diameter at equator:1413 miles Distance from the sun: 5,900 million km time to orbit: 247.7 years Temperature: -223 degrees celcius

=Solar System diagram:=

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