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Who published in 1543 his heliocentric model of the solar system?
Aristarchus of Samos first suggested a heliocentric model in the 3rd century BC.
What is the tallest mountain in the Solar System?
It is a volcano 21229 meters high found on Mars.
What does SETI stand for?
Is there anybody out there?
What gives Mars its reddish colour?
Only the surface layer is composed of iron oxide dust.
What is the hottest and slowest rotationg planet on our Solar System?
The average temperature is 462C/863F and a day on Venus is 243 Earth days long.
What element accounts for more than 90% of the normal matter in the Universe?
Helium is the second most abundant element.
What is the largest moon in the Solar System?
It is also the only moon to have a magnetosphere.
How do you call the maneuver in which a space probe uses the gravity of a planet (or moon)to alter its course?
It can be used to change both trajectory and speed.
What was the first comet whose arrival was accurately predicted and calculated?
Edmond Halley did not live to witness his prediction coming true, but the comet was named after him.
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