WHAT I LEARNT ABOUT SPACE

In our current UOI topic "The Final Frontier" I learnt many interesting facts about space, which are:

1. I learnt about all the planets (including their diameter, order from the sun, how big they are, interesting features etc.)
2. I also learnt that if cockroaches go up into space and breed the baby will become a different color than there parents because of the lack of gravity.
3. Another fact I learnt is that even though Mercury is closer to the sun than Venus, Venus is still hotter because Venus has clouds that trap the heat inside them.
4. I also learnt that "Sputnik 1" wasn't the first thing to go into space, it was actually a small rocket that wasn't meant to go into space which was about 40-50 years before "Sputnik 1".
5. I also learnt about black holes (how big they can become, what kinds of black holes exist, what is the cause of a black hole etc.)
6. Another thing I learnt was asteroids (how big they can become, what they are made out of etc.)
7. Another thing I learnt about is meteoroids (how big they can become, other names for meteoroids, that once they hit a planet's surface they are known as meteorites etc.)
8. I learnt about the 1st people to go up into space.
9. I learnt about Neil Armstrong and his crew and there trip as the 1st people to walk on the moon.
10. I learnt about our moon and its looks in the sky.
11. I learnt that there was water found on Mars and that there might be life (or had life) on Mars.
12. I learnt that there is an asteroid that was supposed to hit Mars but it missed so it might crash into Earth soon (I'm scared!)
13. I learnt that they sent a probe to land on Mars' ice caps and will see if the water is healthy enough for life.
14. I learnt that India is going to send a satellite "Chandrayaan" (which means Lunar Vehicle in Hindi) to orbit the moon and eventually crash onto its surface.
15. I learnt that China is going to send something called "Chang 1" into space.
16. I learnt that if you weigh 100kg on Earth that you will weigh 106.4kg on Saturn.
17. Another thing I learnt is disasters that occurred in space such as: Apollo 1, Columbia etc.
18. Another thing I learnt is Saturn's atmosphere, Saturn's gases, which god Saturn is named after etc.
19. I learnt that Saturn has 7 main rings and that they can be 20 metres thick.
20. I leant that Mars' 2 moons are actually asteroids cought in its gravitational pull.
21. I learnt that Pluto isn't a planet anymore, but it is actually a dwarf planet.
22. I learnt that "Sputnik 1" was actually 2 inches tall!
23. And I learnt that space shutles can be used more than once unlike rockets.

Hugo Epping

Grade 5A

Indus International School