Your favourite Solar System facts
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the moon is moving away from the earth by just under 4 cm a year.
space 1999 was set on the moon
Space, "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space
It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.
space 1999 was set on the moon
Space, "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space
It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.
El Jugador
will leave bed for food
But usually infinity divided by something is still infinity!
We are still the products of deranged imaginations, but only those of our parents.
2hats
Dust.
The corresponding effect, arising from tidal energy dissipation, for the Earth-Sun system is very small - about 1 micrometre.
However, the Sun is losing mass all the time due to nuclear fusion (E=mc^2). This results in just over 1cm increase in separation each year.
fractionMan
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The sun isn't that small, it's just very far away.
EastEnder
Brixton Barnacle
2hats
Dust.
The Earth's magnetosphere extends at least 1.25 million km (the magnetotail). The Moon passes through it every month, a couple of days either side of full moon.
Jupiter's extends out to over 500 million km. During part of its orbital year, Saturn is inside it.
Uranus' magnetotail is twisted into a corkscrew behind it due to the extreme axial tilt of that planet.
blairsh
pale knuckle grip on this steering wheel
and.....?
Crispy
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Your favourite Solar System facts
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
it rains petrol on titan 
tbf this is a pre-huygens "fact" so more of a guess than a fact but it's still my favourite
tbf this is a pre-huygens "fact" so more of a guess than a fact but it's still my favourite
TitanSound
Mr Beardy Drummer
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
EastEnder
Brixton Barnacle
there's no oxygen....just don't light a fag
2hats
Dust.
You've misspelled licks.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
2hats
Dust.
The sound of Titan, recorded on the surface.
e2a: AFAIK the only recording of sound from the surface of another planet, so far.
e2a: AFAIK the only recording of sound from the surface of another planet, so far.
EastEnder
Brixton Barnacle
I'm pretty sure they've recorded sound from the surface of Mars.
Crispy
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Nope. They tried, but there was a faulty system that meant they had to turn the experiment off.
EastEnder
Brixton Barnacle
I stand corrected. They tried to record sound from the surface of Mars.
2hats
Dust.
It's been tried several times but the Martian curse always seems to strike.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
the chances of any sound coming from mars are a million to one 
El Jugador
will leave bed for food
You probably need to pump up the volume
Lord Camomile
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Mercury and Uranus are buggers to find facts for 
Well, facts that can be expanded upon for more than a sentence, but will still interest kids.
Well, facts that can be expanded upon for more than a sentence, but will still interest kids.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
you've got the heat/cold on mercury yeah? the one side always facing towards the sun cos of the gravity?
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
i can check with kid2 if you like: she got a glow in the dark solar system to hang in her bunk bed for her birthday 
what age group?
what age group?
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Yup
I've just discovered there's a theory that Mercury is actually the core of another planet, gonna look into that and see if I can turn it into something.
It's a family festival so across the board really, but I suppose I'm aiming for a few years either side of 10. Little worried I've got a bit too technical in places, but hopefully it'll be ok.i can check with kid2 if you like: she got a glow in the dark solar system to hang in her bunk bed for her birthday
what age group?
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
the kids tell me that uranus is tipped on it's side and it has ice rings
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
Yup, got both of those Good to know I'm at least noting the stuff that everyone else finds interesting too
It also rotates in the opposite direction to most planets, which caught me out because I thought Venus was the only one that did that.
Good to know I'm at least noting the stuff that everyone else finds interesting too It also rotates in the opposite direction to most planets, which caught me out because I thought Venus was the only one that did that.
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