Fascinating Facts and Trivia

There are 2 asteroids locked into co-orbital orbits with Earth.

They’re called 3753 Cruithne and 2002 AA29.

3753 Cruithne is 5 km across, and sometimes called Earth’s second moon. It doesn’t actually orbit the Earth, but has a synchronized orbit with our home planet.

2002 AA29 is only 60 meters across, and makes a horseshoe orbit around the Earth that brings it close to the planet every 95 years. In about 600 years, it will appear to circle Earth in a quasi-satellite orbit. Scientists have suggested that it might make a good target for a space exploration mission.

Only 3% of the water on earth is fresh..

Of that 3%, over 2% is frozen in ice sheets and glaciers.

The dark side of the moon is a myth.

In reality both sides of the Moon see the same amount of sunlight however only one face of the Moon is ever seen from Earth. This is because the Moon rotates around on its own axis in exactly the same time it takes to orbit the Earth, meaning the same side is always facing the Earth. The side facing away from Earth has only been seen by the human eye from spacecraft.

The Moon is drifting away from the Earth.

The Moon is moving approximately 3.8 cm away from our planet every year. It is estimated that it will continue to do so for around 50 billion years. By the time that happens, the Moon will be taking around 47 days to orbit the Earth instead of the current 27.3 days.

During the 1950’s the USA considered detonating a nuclear bomb on the Moon.

The secret project was during the height cold war was known as “A Study of Lunar Research Flights” or “Project A119” and meant as a show of strength at a time they were lagging behind in the space race.

Our galaxy will collide with Andromeda Galaxy in about 5 billion years.
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The Sun makes up 99.86% of the Solar System’s mass.

Neptune orbits the Sun once every 165 years.

(07-01-2019 22:41 )Carl_HoneyLover Wrote:  The dark side of the moon is a myth.

No it's not...its a great album by Pink Floyd!

(07-01-2019 23:03 )GreenMachine Wrote:  

(07-01-2019 22:41 )Carl_HoneyLover Wrote:  The dark side of the moon is a myth.

No it's not...its a great album by Pink Floyd!

Badum tisss..