Space Did You Know - Part 2

  • Did you knowthe Sun has a diameter of 1,390,176km (864,000miles)
  • Did you know45% of Americans don't know that the sun is a star
  • Did you knowall the planets in our solar system could fit inside Jupiter
  • Did you knowan area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine with the brightness of over 1,500,000 candles
  • Did you knowmore than 1,000,000 Earths could fit inside the Sun
  • Did you knowthe diameter of Jupiter is 152,800km (88 700 miles)
  • Did you knowfrom space the brightest man made place is Las Vegas
    • Did you knowdue to gravitational effects you weigh is slightly less when the moon is directly overhead
    • Did you knowIf you could drive to the sun at a speed of 88.5 km/h (55 mp/h) it would take around 193 years
    • Did you knowhydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe (75%)
    • Did you knowthe moon is 27% the size of the Earth
    • Did you knowthe center of the Sun is approximately 15 million C (27 million F)
    • Did you knowan astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space (the cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity)