Interesting information
Summary
Distance
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Speed of light = 299,792.5km/sec
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Distance to Sun nearly 150 million km or 8.3 light minutes
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Distance to nearest star, Alpha Centauri - 4.3 light years
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Distance to brightest star, Sirius - 8.7 light years
Solar System
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Our Sun is a star
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Planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
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Ecliptic - path of planets and Sun
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Moons - At this time there are over 100 natural satellites orbiting the planets in our solar system, more are yet to be discovered
Constellations
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Constellations - only patterns
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Greek letters - for individual stars