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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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1 |
Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun. |
Science > Astronomy |
08/11/23 |
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2 |
The term "black hole" was coined by John Wheeler in 1967. |
Science > Astronomy |
09/04/20 |
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3 |
Puck was discovered by Voyager 2 in 1985. |
Science > Astronomy |
04/10/17 |
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4 |
Long-period comets usually come from the Oort Cloud. |
Science > Astronomy |
08/27/12 |
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5 |
Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. |
Science > Astronomy |
04/07/12 |
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6 |
Proxima Centauri is discovered in 1915. |
Science > Astronomy |
02/11/12 |
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7 |
Venus' axial tilt is 177.3 degrees, the reason for its seemingly retrograde rotation. |
Science > Astronomy |
11/08/11 |
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8 |
Betelgeuse is also known as Alpha Orionis. |
Science > Astronomy |
06/13/11 |
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9 |
The center of the Andromeda Galaxy is a supermassive black hole. |
Science > Astronomy |
12/01/10 |
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10 |
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed into Jupiter in 1994. |
Science > Astronomy |
11/19/10 |
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11 |
Earth has a 23.5 degree tilt. |
Science > Astronomy |
05/09/10 |
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12 |
Sometimes Pluto is closer to the Sun than Neptune. |
Science > Astronomy |
05/09/10 |
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13 |
A cosmic year, or a galactic year, is the time it takes for the Sun to revolve around the center of the Milky Way. |
Science > Astronomy |
04/04/10 |
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14 |
Pluto has has three known moons (as of September 2009): Charon, Nix and Hydra. |
Science > Astronomy |
03/30/10 |
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15 |
Two rovers successfully landed on Mars in 2004; the second was Opportunity on January 25. |
Science > Astronomy |
11/07/08 |
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