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Solar Systems Facts

Zachary Said:

Know any really cool facts about the moons in our solar system?

We Answered:

Saturn has atleast 18 moons, more than any other planet
Jupiter, the largest planet could contain 1300 earths
The moon is approximately 4.6 billion years old

Leroy Said:

Can you give me some interesting facts about the planets and the solar system?

We Answered:

The Lawnchair Astronomer

URANUS COULD HAVE BEEN A GEORGE

When Uranus was first found, its discoverer, Sir William Herschel wanted the planet to be named Georgium Sidus or Georgian Star, after the king of England at the time, George III. Many French astronomers referred to it simply as Herschel and it wasn’t until later on when Johann Bode (1747—1826) proposed it be named Uranus after the mythological father of Saturn.

The Lawnchair Astronomer
© 1995
Gerry Descoteaux
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Jupiter could have almost been a brown dwarf star.
I liked this article: Newfound Object Further Blurs Planet Definition.
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/06…
There are also some links to more articles that are interesting at the bottom of this article.
Such as: Oddball Objects: Neither Stars or Planets.
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/06…

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Family Portrait:
The sun and nine planets pasted together in a single image. In this image gallery, enjoy a quick tour and learn some basic facts.
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imag…

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Try doing an internet search of:
solar system fun facts

Lena Said:

do you agree that all of the facts are fundamental in the sense that a theory of solar system origin?

We Answered:

if your talking about that idiot Carl Sagan and his nonsense theories...Get REAL!

next those imbeciles who came up with the idea of dust collecting and forming planets will say that babies come into existence by molecules collecting in one spot and hey! presto! there's a baby!

The planets are offspring of the sun. Which was once a planet itself, with Sirius as it's progentor. And Sirius was once a planet cirlcling the super giant CANOPUS.

The universe IS ALIVE! things grow UP, not down, like those stupid scientists say.

Freddie Said:

Does anybody know a good website for solar system facts?

We Answered:

http://www.nineplanets.org/

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/sc…

http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/o…

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