Did You Know?

 

• If you put Saturn in water it would float.

• With Pluto’s demotion to dwarf planet, Mercury becomes the solar system’s smallest planet.

• If every star in the Milky Way was a grain of salt, they would fill an Olympic sized swimming pool.

• When a flea jumps, the rate of acceleration is 20 times that of the space shuttle during launch.

• If the Sun were the size of a beach ball, then Jupiter would be the size of a golf ball and the Earth would be as small as a pea.

• Neutron stars are so dense that a teaspoonful would weigh more than all the people on Earth!

• The Moon is gradually moving away from the Earth. This is caused by tidal effects. Every year, the Moon moves a further 3.82cm from the Earth.