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Crazy Facts about Space

10. Lightweight Planet

Saturn density is so low it can flow on water. Saturn has a density of 0.687 g/cm^3 and water has a density of 0.998 g/cm^3 so Saturn will be able to flow on water.

9. Moving Galaxy

Our Milky Way galaxy is moving away at rate of 530 km/s. The galaxy is spinning at speed of 255 km per second and moving at speed of 305 km/s. that means the milky way galaxy is moving at 53o km/s.

8. Losing the Moon

The moon is moving away form Earth. Tidal effects move the moon every year 3.8 cm away from earth. That tends to slow the rotation of earth by 0.002 seconds.