Fun+Facts

One astronomical unit (AU) is the distance from the Earth to the Sun. It is approximately 150 million km. The fastest car in the world (a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, at the time of writing, top speed 425 kph (267 mph)) would take 40,000 years to drive that distance (non stop, and at top speed)... although where it would get the petrol from is anyone's guess.


 * The sequence of planets:**

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (My Very Easy Method: Jump Straight Up Now)


 * Facts:**

The Sun is about 110 times the diameter of the Earth. Jupiter is the largest planet, and the Sun is approximately 10 times larger than it. The surface temperature of the Sun is about 5 500 o C. The Sun is approximately 8 light minutes away (150 million km). The nearest star, Proxima Centauri, is approximately 4 light years away (4 x 10 13 km 40 tera kilometres). The diameter of our Galaxy is approximately 100,000 ly and the solar system is approximately 25 000 ly from the galactic centre. It contains about 100 billion stars. The age of the Earth is estimated as 4.5 billion years. The age of the Universe is between 13.5 and 14 billion years.