ASTRONOMY

Question 1

Theory that Suggests that a passing star pulled dust and debris from the forming Sun, leaving a string of debris that eventually formed the planets

Answer 1

Tidal Theory

Question 2

Planets make up what percentage of the mass in our solar system?

Answer 2

0.135%

Sun dominates, accounting for 99.86% of the entire solar system’s mass

Question 3

Only two planets without moons

Answer 3

Mercury and Venus

Saturn haa the most moons, more than sixty

Question 4

Name of pluto’s largest moon

Answer 4

Charon

discovered by james christy, has a diameter of 1,172 km, half the size of pluto

Question 5

Three main parts of a comet

Answer 5

Nucleus
Tail
Coma

Question 6

What year boasted the first woman in space?

Answer 6

1963

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, completed 48 orbits of the Earth

Question 7

Condition when three celestial bodies are arranged in a straight line

Answer 7

Syzygy

Question 8

What color is the sunset on mars?

Answer 8

Blue

Question 9

What does space smell like?

Answer 9

Nascar race- bouquet of hot metal, diesel fumes and barbecue

Question 10

How old is the universe?

Answer 10

13.7 billion years

Question 11

What planet has a hexagonal shaped storm

Answer 11

Saturn

Question 12

Which planet has the largest ocean

Answer 12

Jupiter

Question 13

How long does each season last on Neptune

Answer 13

40 years

Question 14

How many earths could fit inside the sun?

Answer 14

About 1 million

Question 15

How far from earth is the closest star other than the sun

Answer 15

4.24 Light years (Faint Proxima Centauri)

Question 16

How hot is the Sun’s core?

Answer 16

27 Million Fahrenheit (15deg Celsius)

Question 17

How long is a day on Jupiter

Answer 17

9 hours and 55 minutes (shortest of all the planets)

Question 18

Every second, the sun releases energy equivalent to how many nuclear bombs?

Answer 18

100 billion One megaton nuclear bombs

Question 19

What color is Saturn?

Answer 19

Pale Yellow due to ammonia crystals in its upper atmosphere

Question 20

What is martian day called?

Answer 20

Sol

Question 21

What kind of star is our sun?

Answer 21

Yellow Dwarf

Question 22

Which of Jupiter’s moons has anout 400 active volcanos?

Answer 22

Io

Question 23

How many volcanoes are there on the surface of venus?

Answer 23

1,600