space explorers

By Adam Parkinson

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The Sun

Distance from Earth: 93,750,000 miles Diameter: 865,000 miles

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Mercury

Distance from the Sun: 36,000,000 miles Diameter: 3,100 miles Revolving time around the Sun: 88 Earth days Spinning time on its own axis: 59 Earth days Number of Moons: 0

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Venus Distance from the Sun: 67,000,000 Diameter:7,570 Revolving time around the Sun: 225

Earth days Spinning time on its own axis: 243 Earth

days Number of Moons: 0

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Earth

Distance from the Sun: 93,000,000 Diameter: 7,900 Revolving time around the Sun: 365.25

Earth days. Spinning time on its own axis: 1 Earth

day. Number of Moons: 1

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Mars

Distance from the Sun: 142,000,000 Diameter: 4,222 Revolving time around the Sun: 687

Earth days Spinning time on its own axis: 24 hours

37 minutes Number of Moons: 2

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Jupiter

Distance from the Sun: 483,000,000 Diameter: 88,700 Revolving time around the Sun: 12 Earth

Years. Spinning time on its own axis: 9 hours

51 minutes Number of Moons: More than 16

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Saturn

Distance from the Sun: 889,000,000 Diameter: 75,000 Revolving time around the Sun: 29.5

Earth Years Spinning time on its own axis: 10 hours

14 minutes Number of Moons: More than 18

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Uranus

Distance from the Sun: 1,800,000,000 Diameter: 32,000 Revolving time around the Sun: 84 Earth

Years Spinning time on its own axis: 16 hours Number of Moons: More than 15

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Neptune

Distance from the Sun: 2,800,000,000 Diameter: 30,800 Revolving time around the Sun: 165

Earth years Spinning time on its own axis: Just over

16 hours Number of Moons: More than 8

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Pluto

Distance from the Sun: 3,700,000,000 Diameter: 1,400 Revolving time around the Sun: 248.5

Earth years Spinning time on its own axis:6.5 Earth

days Number of Moons: 1

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What Is a Constellation?

A constellation is a group of stars that form a picture or a symbol. Every country has different ways of seeing the constellations. Most of them don’t look like what they actually are. People see them in different ways than you might. This means that everyone is different.

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Andromeda Abbreviation: And Translation: Princess of Ethiopia or the Chained

Lady Position in the Sky

Best seen in November (at 9:00 PM) Named Stars

ALPHERATZ (Alpha And) MIRACH (Beta And) ALMAAK (Gamma 1 And) Adhil (Xi And)

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Phoenix Abbreviation: Phe Genitive: Phoenicis Translation: The Phoenix Position in the Sky Right Ascension: 1 hour Declination: -50 degrees Visible between latitudes 30 and -90

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How Many Constellations are there?

There are approximately 82 Constellations.

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What are galaxies?

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The Answer Is........Galaxies are large systems of stars, dust

and gas bound together by gravitational force.

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How is is light produced?: Nuclear Theory.The Nuclear combinations go like this: 1Hydrogen+1Hydrogen=1Helium 1Helium+1Helium=...

After all those combinations you get

Iron?

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How long does it take for light to reach Earth?From the suns core it takes 250,000,000

years to reach the crust.

From the suns crust it takes 8 minutes to reach the Earth.

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What are sunspots?

Sunspots are temporary phenomena on the photosphere of the Sun that appear visibly as dark spots compared to surrounding regions

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By Adam Parkinson in

San Pedro de AlecantaraMarbellaMalagaSpain