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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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16 |
Mercury has no moons. |
Science > Astronomy |
09/02/08 |
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17 |
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. |
Science > Astronomy |
05/20/08 |
|
18 |
Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun. |
Science > Astronomy |
07/30/08 |
|
19 |
Neptune is the Roman name for Poseidon. |
Science > Astronomy |
07/08/08 |
|
20 |
Our galaxy is called the Milky Way. |
Science > Astronomy |
05/20/08 |
|
21 |
Pluto has has three known moons (as of September 2009): Charon, Nix and Hydra. |
Science > Astronomy |
03/30/10 |
|
22 |
Proxima Centauri is discovered in 1915. |
Science > Astronomy |
02/11/12 |
|
23 |
Puck was discovered by Voyager 2 in 1985. |
Science > Astronomy |
04/10/17 |
|
24 |
Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun. |
Science > Astronomy |
08/11/23 |
|
25 |
Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus in March 1781. |
Science > Astronomy |
06/11/08 |
|
26 |
Sometimes Pluto is closer to the Sun than Neptune. |
Science > Astronomy |
05/09/10 |
|
27 |
Sunspots are regions of lower-than- average temperatures that are associated with intense magnetic activity. |
Science > Astronomy |
10/28/08 |
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28 |
The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius. |
Science > Astronomy |
11/01/08 |
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29 |
The center of the Andromeda Galaxy is a supermassive black hole. |
Science > Astronomy |
12/01/10 |
|
30 |
The closest star to Earth, besides the Sun, is Proxima Centauri. |
Science > Astronomy |
06/29/08 |
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