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    Who said "In the center rests the sun"?

    • Claudius Ptolemy
    • Johannes Kepler
    • Tycho Brahe
    • Nicolaus Copernicus
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  • 2. 

    What is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way?

    • Andromeda Galaxy

    • Small Magellanic Cloud

    • Large Magellanic Cloud

    • Messier 33

    Correct Answer
    A. Andromeda Galaxy
  • 3. 

    What are the cold remains of a white dwarf called after all its thermal energy has been exhausted?

    • Black Dwarf

    • Black Hole

    • Black Star

    • Blackbody

    Correct Answer
    A. Black Dwarf
  • 4. 

    Which planet does not tilt as it travels in its orbit ?

    • Venus

    • Mars

    • Jupiter

    • Saturn

    Correct Answer
    A. Venus
  • 5. 

    How is the Sun's energy generated?

    • Solar Flares

    • Helium Fission

    • Hydrogen Fusion

    • Hydrogen Fission

    Correct Answer
    A. Hydrogen Fusion
  • 6. 

    What famous astronomer was Tycho Brahe's assistant?

    • Nicolaus Copernicus

    • Claudius Ptolemy

    • Albert Einstein

    • Johannes Kepler

    Correct Answer
    A. Johannes Kepler
  • 7. 

    What is said to connect a black hole to a white hole in an alternate universe?

    • The Schwartzchild Radius

    • The Singularity

    • Einstein-Rosen Bridge

    • The Event Horizon

    Correct Answer
    A. Einstein-Rosen Bridge
  • 8. 

    Which star has almost the same luminosity, mass and surface temperature as our sun?

    • Alpha Centauri B

    • Alpha Centauri C

    • Alpha Centauri A

    • Alpha Centauri S

    Correct Answer
    A. Alpha Centauri A
  • 9. 

    Which one of these satellites in our solar system is thought to be a "water world"?

    • Deimos

    • Io

    • Titan

    • Europa

    Correct Answer
    A. Europa
  • 10. 

    One parsec, a unit of distance in professional astronomy, is the equivalent of how many light years?

    • 5.26

    • 2.5

    • 3.26

    • 1.26

    Correct Answer
    A. 3.26
  • 11. 

    What time of day should you view meteor showers to see them burn their brightest?

    • It Doesn't Matter

    • Just Before Dawn

    • Just After Sunset

    • At Exactly Midnight

    Correct Answer
    A. Just Before Dawn
  • 12. 

    Material composed of antiparticles is known as what?

    • Anti-Matter

    • Dark-Matter

    • Light-Matter

    • Opposite-Matter

    Correct Answer
    A. Anti-Matter
  • 13. 

    Whose First Law of Planetary Motion says that every planet's orbit is an ellipse?

    • Kepler

    • Einstein

    • Galileo

    • Copernicus

    Correct Answer
    A. Kepler
  • 14. 

    Believed to have portals used for solar observations, Hovenweep Castle was built by what people?

    • Anasazi

    • Hovenweep

    • Pueblo

    • English

    Correct Answer
    A. Anasazi
  • 15. 

    Which planet was first seen in 1846?

    • Jupiter

    • Pluto

    • Uranus

    • Neptune

    Correct Answer
    A. Neptune
  • 16. 

    One light-year, the distance light travels in a vacuum in one year, is equivalent to how many miles?

    • 5.87 trillion

    • 4.68 billion

    • 6.78 trillion

    • 3.2 trillion

    Correct Answer
    A. 5.87 trillion
  • 17. 

    What measure compares stars by their theoretical brightness if placed at a uniform distance?

    • Alpha Magnitude

    • Apparent Magnitude

    • Angular Magnitude

    • Absolute Magnitude

    Correct Answer
    A. Absolute Magnitude
  • 18. 

    What former astronaut died of cancer just before he was to take a political office?

    • Pete Conrad

    • Deke Slayton

    • Gus Grissom

    • Jack Swigert

    Correct Answer
    A. Jack Swigert
  • 19. 

    What ancient Greek philosopher believed the sun to be a blazing rock and used that model to correctly explain eclipses?

    • Anaximander

    • Archimedes

    • Anaxagoras

    • Heraclites

    Correct Answer
    A. Anaxagoras
  • 20. 

    If two planets are three units apart, the force of gravity is how much less than if they were one unit apart?

    • One-Ninth

    • Two-Thirds

    • One-Third

    • One-Half

    Correct Answer
    A. One-Ninth
  • 21. 

    Who were the only two astronauts who flew to the Moon and also flew the space shuttle?

    • John Young, Thomas Mattingly

    • Alan Shepard, Gene Cernan

    • Dick Gordon, Alan Bean

    • Al Worden, Mike Collins

    Correct Answer
    A. John Young, Thomas Mattingly
  • 22. 

    Which Mercury Seven astronaut became grounded during project Mercury but went on to fly fifteen years later in the Apollo-Soyuz test project?

    • Walter Schirra

    • Deke Slayton

    • Gus Grissom

    • Gordon Cooper

    Correct Answer
    A. Deke Slayton
  • 23. 

    What planet was almost named "George's Star", after George III?

    • Uranus

    • Saturn

    • Jupiter

    • Pluto

    Correct Answer
    A. Uranus

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