FACT SHEETS -BEST FACTS ABOUT THE WORLD

  1. There’s a fiery moon out there. Jupiter has a moon called Lo which is covered in volcanos. 2. Mars has an impressive peak. However, the biggest volcano ever found is on Mars. It’s 16 miles high, which makes it three times higher than Mount Everest. 3. The winds don’t stop on Venus. Venus is constantly in the midst of a planet-wide hurricane. 4. Mars is probably colder than you think. Mars has ice at both of its poles. 5. Venus too, actually. Craters on Venus can be seen that are full of ice. 6. We’re exploring as much as we can. We’ve already sent spacecraft to every planet in the solar system. 7. We’ve not been to our own Moon for a while. The last man to walk on the moon was the commander of Apollo17, Eugene Cernan. Man hasn’t returned to the Moon since 14th December 1972 – that’s nearly 50 years ago! 8. Mercury and Earth share a lot in common. Mercury has tectonic plates that behave much like those on Earth. 9. Pluto’s atmosphere is bizarre. For some rea...

1. We can’t overstate the size of Jupiter. Jupiter is – and we mean it – mind-boggling huge. It’s eleven times the width of our own planet! That means it’s got a stunning radius of around 69,911km – who’s managed to measure it, honestly? 2. Could life ever persist on Jupiter? It’s not possible for life as we know it to exist on Jupiter. However, that’s ‘as we know it’ – who knows what lurks below the gas surface? 3. Can you land on Jupiter? Current studies suggest this would be impossible because there is no firm or stable ground on Jupiter. It’s completely gas – and if you tried to land on it, you’d be crushed by the atmosphere. Thankfully, no one’s dared try it yet… 4. We really, really need Jupiter around. Jupiter influences the security of Earth! It helps protects us by deflecting heavenly matter away from tumbling in our direction. This is due to the powerful magnetic field of Jupiter attracting otherwise loose matter. 5. It’s got pulling power! Jupiter’s magnetic field is absolut...