Facts about Space

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Did you Know? List of Interesting Facts about Space
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Space, trivia and information, including some useful statistics will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Interesting Facts about Space are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Definition of Space or Outer Space: Everything that is located outside the atmosphere of Earth

  • Fact 2 - Astronomical objects or astronomical bodies include asteroids, moons, planets and the stars. Multiple objects include star clusters, nebulae or entire galaxies.
  • Fact 3 - Additional bodies in outer space include comets and meteors
  • Fact 4 - The United States designates people who travel above an altitude of 50 miles (80 km) as astronauts
  • Fact 5 - There is an Outer Space Treaty which states that outer space is free for all nation states to explore and is not subject to claims of national sovereignty
  • Fact 6 - The Outer Space Treaty also prohibits the deployment of nuclear weapons in outer space
  • Fact 7 - There is an Outer Space Treaty was passed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1963 and has been signed by many nations and states
  • Fact 8 - Geospace is the region of outer space near the Earth
  • Fact 9 - Interplanetary space is the area around the Sun and planets of the Solar System
  • Fact 10 - Interstellar space is the physical space within a galaxy not occupied by stars or their planetary systems
  • Fact 11 - Intergalactic space is the physical space between galaxies
  • Fact 12 - The term 'space', meaning the region beyond Earth's sky, was first used in 1667 by John Milton in Paradise Lost
  • Fact 13 - The term 'space' was popularized in the science fiction writings of HG Wells
  • Fact 14 - The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects bound to it by gravity in the area known as Interplanetary space
  • Fact 15 - There are 8 planets that orbit the sun
  • Fact 16 - The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System
  • Fact 17 - The terrestrial planets are mainly composed of rock and metal
  • Fact 18 - The Moon's gravitational influence produces the ocean tides
  • Fact 19 - The Gas Giants are mainly composed of ices (such as water), ammonia and methane
  • Fact 20 - The asteroid belt lies between Mars and Jupiter
  • Fact 21 - The 5 'dwarf planets' in our Solar system are Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake and Eris
  • Fact 22 - 6 of the planets and 3 of the dwarf planets are orbited by natural satellites usually referred to as "moons"

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