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SPACE

Interesting Facts About Space:

v Our Solar System is 4.57 Billion years old.
v The Sun makes a full rotation once every 25 – 35 days.
v The Sun weighs about 3,30,000 times more than Earth.
v Earth is only planet not named after any god.

v Footprints on the Moon will be there for 100 million years.

v When two pieces of the same type of metal touch in space, they will
permanently bond.

v The Moon was once a piece of the Earth.
v Driving a car to the nearest star at 70 mph would take more than 356

billion years.
v The earliest Stars formed some 200 million years after the Big
Bang.
v It rains diamonds in Jupiter and Saturn.

Workouts to Brain:
1. Uranus was only visited by ______________ Spacecraft.

2. How many planets can be seen without a Telescope?
____________
3. Planet named after the Roman god of the sea is ______________
4. Planet that spins sideways is ______________
5. How many Earths could fit inside the Sun?

___________

Bonus: What is the Sun's outer most atmosphere called?

Fun with Riddles:
A. What is an Astronaut's favorite key on the keyboard?
B. Why did Mickey Mouse go to space?
C. What school do Planets and Stars go to study?
D. How do you organize a Space party?