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1. What is the 6th planet from the sun in our solar system?
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2. What does the color of a star indicate?
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3. What type of object does the "no-hair" theory describe?
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4. Which of the following is not a constellation?
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5. The Sun's mass is approximately how many times as great as Earth's?
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6. How many rings does the planet Saturn have?
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7. How often does sunspot activity reach its lowest point?
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8. The Horsehead Nebula can be found in what constellation?
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9. After the Centauri system, what is the next farthest star from our sun?
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10. Who was the commander of the first U.S. Space Shuttle mission?
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11. What scientist discovered that sunspots occur in an eleven-year cycle?
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12. What is it called when the Earth, Sun and Moon lie in a straight-line configuration?

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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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13. The term, "black hole", was named by American physicist, John Wheeler, in which year?
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14. Who discovered the supernova and was the first to theorize that stars "die"?
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15. Which tiny moon orbiting the asteroid Ida was discovered in 1994?
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What is the 6th planet from the sun in our solar system?
What does the color of a star indicate?
What type of object does the "no-hair" theory describe?
Which of the following is not a constellation?
The Sun's mass is approximately how many times as great as Earth's?
How many rings does the planet Saturn have?
How often does sunspot activity reach its lowest point?
The Horsehead Nebula can be found in what constellation?
After the Centauri system, what is the next farthest star from our...
Who was the commander of the first U.S. Space Shuttle mission?
What scientist discovered that sunspots occur in an eleven-year cycle?
What is it called when the Earth, Sun and Moon lie in a straight-line...
The term, "black hole", was named by American physicist, John Wheeler,...
Who discovered the supernova and was the first to theorize that stars...
Which tiny moon orbiting the asteroid Ida was discovered in 1994?
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