1. Venus is the only planet that spins backwards relative to the other planets.
- There are more volcanoes on Venus than any other planet within our solar system.
- Uranus has 27 moons that have been discovered so far.
- Because of its unique tilt, a single night on Uranus lasts for 21 years!
- The only large moon in our solar system to orbit in the opposite direction of its planet is Neptune’s moon, Triton.
- A day on Pluto lasts for 6 days and 9 hours.
- If you were driving at 75 miles (121 km) per hour, it would take 258 days to drive around one of Saturn’s rings.
- Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon with his left foot.
- The planet with the most moons in our galaxy is Jupiter, with 67.
- “Moon” was Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name.
- February in 1865 and 1999 are the only months in recorded history not to have a full moon.
- The first artificial satellite in space was called sputnik.
- Astronauts cannot burp in space!
- Uranus was originally called “George’s Star”.
- As Saturn has a very low density, if you were able to put it into water, it would float!
- The first living mammal to ever go into space was a dog named “Laika” from Russia.
- The term “astronaut” is derived from the Greek words ástron, meaning “star”, and nautes, which means “sailor”. So, the word astronaut means star sailor!
- A day on Mercury is equivalent to 58 Earth days, and a year is equivalent to 88 days!
- There are now 4 dwarf planets in the Solar System: Ceres, Pluto, Eris and Makemake.