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    What is the 6th planet from the sun in our solar system?

    • Venus
    • Uranus
    • Saturn
    • Jupiter
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  • 2. 

    What does the color of a star indicate?

    • Size And Distance

    • Age And Distance

    • Distance And Temperature

    • Temperature And Age

    Correct Answer
    A. Temperature And Age
  • 3. 

    What type of object does the "no-hair" theory describe?

    • Asteroid

    • Comet

    • Black Hole

    • Meteor

    Correct Answer
    A. Black Hole
  • 4. 

    Which of the following is not a constellation?

    • Horologium

    • Microscopium

    • Telescopium

    • Trapezium

    Correct Answer
    A. Trapezium
  • 5. 

    How many rings does the planet Saturn have?

    • 4

    • 13

    • 3

    • 7

    Correct Answer
    A. 7
  • 6. 

    The Horsehead Nebula can be found in what constellation?

    • Orion

    • Pegasus

    • Aquarius

    • Ursa Major

    Correct Answer
    A. Orion
  • 7. 

    The Sun's mass is approximately how many times as great as Earth's?

    • 10,000 Times

    • 330,000 Times

    • 800 Times

    • 1 Million Times

    Correct Answer
    A. 330,000 Times
  • 8. 

    How often does sunspot activity reach its lowest point?

    • 10.6 Years

    • 11.3 Years

    • 12.1 Years

    • 11.9 Years

    Correct Answer
    A. 11.3 Years
  • 9. 

    Who was the commander of the first U.S. Space Shuttle mission?

    • Robert Crippen

    • Ron McNairy

    • Thomas Mattingly

    • John Young

    Correct Answer
    A. John Young
  • 10. 

    After the Centauri system, what is the next farthest star from our sun?

    • Wolf 359

    • Barnard's Star

    • Vega

    • Sirius A

    Correct Answer
    A. Barnard's Star
  • 11. 

    What is it called when the Earth, Sun and Moon lie in a straight-line configuration?

    • Triclips

    • Equinox

    • Syzygy

    • Lineruper

    Correct Answer
    A. Syzygy
    Explanation
    Syzygy is the term used to describe the straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies in a gravitational system. When the Earth, Sun, and Moon align in this way, it can lead to events like eclipses (solar or lunar) and spring tides (higher than usual tides). This alignment occurs due to the orbital paths of the Moon around the Earth and the Earth around the Sun.

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  • 12. 

    What scientist discovered that sunspots occur in an eleven-year cycle?

    • Kepler

    • Brahe

    • Galileo

    • Newton

    Correct Answer
    A. Galileo
  • 13. 

    The term, "black hole", was named by American physicist, John Wheeler, in which year?

    • 1927

    • 1947

    • 1957

    • 1967

    Correct Answer
    A. 1967
  • 14. 

    Who discovered the supernova and was the first to theorize that stars "die"?

    • Galileo Galilei

    • Nicolas Copernicus

    • Tycho Brahe

    • Johannes Kepler

    Correct Answer
    A. Tycho Brahe
  • 15. 

    Which tiny moon orbiting the asteroid Ida was discovered in 1994?

    • Icarus

    • Dactyl

    • Eros

    • Deimos

    Correct Answer
    A. Dactyl

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