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Bunny Bagger
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Sat Apr 16, 2016 6:18 am

An area of the Suns surface to the equivalent of a postage stamp would shine with the brightness of over 1,500,000 candles.

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Mon Apr 18, 2016 8:29 am

The centre of the Sun is approximately 15 million degrees C (27 million F).

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Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:45 am

Due to gravitational effects your weight is slightly less when the Moon is directly overhead.

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Wed Apr 20, 2016 1:54 pm

The Moon is 27% the size of the Earth.

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Wed Apr 20, 2016 10:27 pm

Bunny Bagger wrote:All the planets in our solar system could fit inside Jupiter.


That's not quite true. All the planets in the solar system could fit inside Jupiter except for....... Jupiter :D Sorry, sometimes I can't help myself :oops: I shall proceed rapidly in the direction of the naughty corner, adorn myself with the dunces hat and write, with perfect dictation 500 times "I shall not reply to posts In an imbecilic manner" :oops: :oops: :oops: :?
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool

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Thu Apr 21, 2016 9:07 am

:lol: :lol: :lol:
james79 wrote:
Bunny Bagger wrote:All the planets in our solar system could fit inside Jupiter.


That's not quite true. All the planets in the solar system could fit inside Jupiter except for....... Jupiter :D Sorry, sometimes I can't help myself :oops: I shall proceed rapidly in the direction of the naughty corner, adorn myself with the dunces hat and write, with perfect dictation 500 times "I shall not reply to posts In an imbecilic manner" :oops: :oops: :oops: :?

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Thu Apr 21, 2016 9:09 am

If you could drive to the Sun at a speed of 88.5 Km/h (55mph) it would take around 193 years.

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Fri Apr 22, 2016 7:40 am

An astronaut can be up to 2" taller returning from Space (the cartilage discs in the spine expand in the absence of gravity).

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Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:55 am

A full moon is 9 times brighter than a half moon.

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Sun Apr 24, 2016 7:20 am

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe (75%).

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