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1. Who said "In the center rests the sun"?
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2. What is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way?
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3. What are the cold remains of a white dwarf called after all its thermal energy has been exhausted?
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4. Which planet does not tilt as it travels in its orbit ?
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5. What is said to connect a black hole to a white hole in an alternate universe?
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6. How is the Sun's energy generated?
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7. What famous astronomer was Tycho Brahe's assistant?
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8. Which one of these satellites in our solar system is thought to be a "water world"?
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9. Which star has almost the same luminosity, mass and surface temperature as our sun?
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10. One parsec, a unit of distance in professional astronomy, is the equivalent of how many light years?
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11. What time of day should you view meteor showers to see them burn their brightest?
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12. Material composed of antiparticles is known as what?
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13. Believed to have portals used for solar observations, Hovenweep Castle was built by what people?
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14. Whose First Law of Planetary Motion says that every planet's orbit is an ellipse?
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15. Which planet was first seen in 1846?
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16. Who were the only two astronauts who flew to the Moon and also flew the space shuttle?
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17. One light-year, the distance light travels in a vacuum in one year, is equivalent to how many miles?
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18. What measure compares stars by their theoretical brightness if placed at a uniform distance?
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19. What former astronaut died of cancer just before he was to take a political office?
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20. What ancient Greek philosopher believed the sun to be a blazing rock and used that model to correctly explain eclipses?
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21. If two planets are three units apart, the force of gravity is how much less than if they were one unit apart?
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22. Which Mercury Seven astronaut became grounded during project Mercury but went on to fly fifteen years later in the Apollo-Soyuz test project?
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23. What planet was almost named "George's Star", after George III?
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Who said "In the center rests the sun"?
What is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way?
What are the cold remains of a white dwarf called after all its...
Which planet does not tilt as it travels in its orbit ?
What is said to connect a black hole to a white hole in an alternate...
How is the Sun's energy generated?
What famous astronomer was Tycho Brahe's assistant?
Which one of these satellites in our solar system is thought to be a...
Which star has almost the same luminosity, mass and surface...
One parsec, a unit of distance in professional astronomy, is the...
What time of day should you view meteor showers to see them burn their...
Material composed of antiparticles is known as what?
Believed to have portals used for solar observations, Hovenweep Castle...
Whose First Law of Planetary Motion says that every planet's orbit is...
Which planet was first seen in 1846?
Who were the only two astronauts who flew to the Moon and also flew...
One light-year, the distance light travels in a vacuum in one year, is...
What measure compares stars by their theoretical brightness if placed...
What former astronaut died of cancer just before he was to take a...
What ancient Greek philosopher believed the sun to be a blazing rock...
If two planets are three units apart, the force of gravity is how much...
Which Mercury Seven astronaut became grounded during project Mercury...
What planet was almost named "George's Star", after George III?
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