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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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Pieces that burn up in the atmosphere are meteors, often called shooting stars. The brightest can outshine Venus and are known as fireballs.

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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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Neptune was found with mathematics

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Venus is hotter than Mercury

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