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1 2 3 A Uranus Neptune Rogue Planets B  Venus Uranus Mercury C Jupiter Earth Neptune D Triton Venus Mercury E Pluto Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune Chariklo.  F Van Allen Belts Mars Hans Lipershey and Zacharias Janssen along with Jocob Meitus G Neil Armstrong Nicolaus Copernicus Aristotle and Eratosthenes H Galileo Galilei  UY Scuti Andromeda galaxy I Milky Way 186,282 miles per second The universe is about 13.8 billion years old. J The Solar System formed about 4.6 billion Years Ago The Moon is about 220,575 miles from the Earth The Earth is about 93 million miles from the Sun K 3 billion miles from  Neptune 18.6 Trillion Miles Over 864,000 miles wide. L Spiral Galaxy About 13.6 billion years old. Exoplanets M About 2.7 Kelvin (-270.45 Celsius, -454.81 Fahrenheit).  27% Hypothetical form of matter that does not interact with light  and electromagnet radiation Neutron Stars     Back to Astronomy Mind-Teaser

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