Astronomy 1

Cards (50)

  • What does space smells like - hot metal, diesel fumes, and barbeque
  • how old is the universe - 13.7 billion years old
  • How many constillations are there - 88
  • which planet has an hexagonal shaped storm - saturn
  • Why isn’t it possible to walk on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune?
    Because they do not have solid surfaces.
  • Which planet has a largest ocean - Jupiter
  • Whisch start is the alpha ursae minoris - polaris
  • Seanson last in neptune for more than 40 years
  • The disc that encircle the black hole is known as the accreation disc
  • The storm produce by the sun is called solar storm
  • Orion represents hunter and a weapon
  • Hottest planet in the solar system is venus - 460
  • the shortest space flight is 15 minutes
  • the only planet not named after a god is the earth
  • Gene cernan - wrote the initial of his daugther in the moon
  • 7 stars make up the big dipper
  • Boomerang nebula - the coldest place in the universe
  • Elliptical galaxies - the most common galaxy
  • what is the nearest star - sun
  • how far is the nearest star - 150 million km
  • 25k miles per hour - speed of meteoroids when they enter earth's athmosphere
  • Venus and mercury are the planets with natural satellites
  • The dwarf star are the common star found in the milky way
  • Black hole - center of milky way
  • International Space Station commander - Peggy whitson
  • Hubble constant is the unit of measurement used to describe the expansion of universe
  • Virgo holds the hottest place in the universe
  • Pete conrad - 3rd ro walk on the moon
  • Galileo describes the ring of saturn as ears of tea cup
  • 28 days - moon orbit the earth
  • 29 days - for the moon to finish through all of its phases
  • Venus - morning star
  • Corona - the sun outermost atmosphere
  • Pegasus - shaped like winged horse
  • Venus - 3rd brighest celestial object in the sky
  • Apollo 11 - carried the first astronaut to the moon
  • evening star - venus
  • Blue - color of mars sunset
  • Planets that have rings around them - saturn, neptune, jupiter, uranus
  • 15 million celcius - sun temperature