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Tag: earth

Goodnight, Moon

October 9, 2013October 7, 2013 ericryangrantLeave a comment

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Each year, the moon moves 3.82 centimeters farther from Earth.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged astronomy, centimeters, earth, fact, moon, planets, science, sun

Synchronicity of the Universe

July 18, 2013July 17, 2013 ericryangrantLeave a comment

Light travels 186,000 miles per second. The average diameter of Earth’s orbit is 186 million miles.

So, on average, sunlight reaches us in a neat 500 seconds.

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Posted in UncategorizedTagged diameter, diameter of the earth, earth, fact, math, numbers, science, seconds, speed of light, sun, sunlight, sunshine, time

Space fact

July 9, 2013July 8, 2013 ericryangrantLeave a comment

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If Earth were the size of a tennis ball, the sun would be 249 feet away.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged distance, earth, science, solar system, space, statistic, sun, tennis ball, universe
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