Sunday Snippet: Silent Stars Speak – A GiveAway Winner…

I know you are dying to know who the winner is from last week’s post. So I am going to be super quick about it!!!

Before I choose a winner let me give you to the answers to the quick quiz, that was absolutely far trickier than a quick quiz!!!

1. How Fast Does the Earth Spin Each Hour? About 1000 miles an hour!!!
2. Is a day on Venus shorter or longer than a day on earth? Longer.
3. How long at the most does an eclipse of the sun last? At most 7 minutes
4. What is it called when two planets draw so close to each other that they produce one brilliant light? A Conjunction.
5. How long is Haley’s Comet’s vapor trail? 8 km.
6. Hale Bopp is a comet that was seen in 1997 and previously 4026 years ago, in the time of which great biblical father? Abraham.
7. What is another name for the dog star? Sirius.

And the se7en + 1th question:

8. Why can’t we feel the earth spin? The air spins with it.

And a winner has to be chosen from the comments:

Covered in stars of course..

And one by one the stars were picked off:

Select, select, select… Again and again…

And at last…

And… the winner is:

Comment #7: Annette // Feb 8, 2012 at 7:58 pm // Thanks for the chance! My kids would enjoy this.

Annette, look out for an email from us… to get your snail mail address and I will be getting your book off to you as soon as possible!!!

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