Orbital period would halve due to inverse square law relationship
Orbital period would halve due to inverse square law relationship
A day on Venus is longer than its year — it rotates so slowly it takes 243 Earth days
Venus's rotation period exceeds its orbital period, resulting in a longer solar day than year
Your DNA stretched end to end would reach the Sun and back over 600 times
Human DNA length: 2 meters, Sun-Earth distance: 150 million km, repetitions: 900,000,000
Light from the Sun takes 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach Earth
Sunlight travels approximately 149.6 million kilometers to Earth in 8 minutes and 20 seconds
The Sun makes up 99.86% of all mass in the solar system
The Sun constitutes 99.86% of the solar system's total mass
Sharks are older than trees — sharks appeared about 400 million years ago, trees about 350 million
Sharks existed approximately 400 million years ago, predating trees by 50 million years
Saturn would float in water — its density is lower than water's
Saturn's average density is less than water's, causing it to float
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