COOL SPACE FACTSMs. Clark’s 3rd Grade Class!

* Sun Facts *

Light from the sun reaches earth in about 8 minutes.

The suns core is about 13600000 degrees Celsius!

Because of the suns huge influence on earth, many cultures believed the sun to be some kind of god.

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon is between the sun and earth.

Solar System Facts

There are 8 planets in our solar system. For thousands of years people didn’t

know about the solar system and they though the earth was the center of the world.

Now we know that the sun is the center of our solar system.

Check out how much You would weigh on each of the planets by going to this site.

Moon Facts

Our moon that you see in the sky is only the 5th biggest moon in our solar system. That means there are 4 other larger moons!

Mons Hyugen is the largest mountain on the moon, it is about half the size of mount Everest!

The first person to set foot on the moon was Neil Armstrong.