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Jupiter's Great Red Spot is bigger than Earth

The Great Red Spot is a giant storm on Jupiter that is bigger than Earth and has raged for hundreds of years.

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Jupiter's stripes are bands of cloud. The dark belts and lighter zones flow east and west in opposite directions.

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Voyager carries greetings in 55 languages

The Voyager Golden Record holds spoken greetings in 55 languages and 115 images.

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About 48 tons of space rock fall on Earth daily

Scientists estimate that about 48.5 tons of meteoritic material falls on Earth each day.

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A year on Neptune lasts 165 Earth years

Neptune takes about 165 Earth years to complete one orbit of the Sun.

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