Astronomy

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune


  Which planets are the gaseous planets
• Mercury


  Which planet is closest to the Sun?
• Mercury and Venus


  Which planets have zero moons?
• Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune

  Which planets have rings?
• Venus


  What is the hottest planet?
• Pluto


  Which planet is now classified as a dwarf planet?
• Uranus


  Which planet orbits on its axis sideways?
• Saturn (Up to 82)


  Which planet has the most moons?
• 8


  How many planets are in the solar system?
• Sun


  At the centre of the Solar System, there is..
• Milky Way


  What is the name of the galaxy we live in?
• Yuri Gagarin


  First man in space
• Neil Armstrong (Apollo 11)


  The first man walk on the moon
• Meteor

  A 'shooting star' is properly known as a?
• Cloud

  'Nebula' comes from the Latin for?
• Andromeda Galaxy


  The closest galaxy to the Milky Way?
• Hydrogen


  Stars are made primarily of which gas?
• Supermassive Black Hole


  What is at the center of each galaxy?
• West to East


  which way does earth spin?
• The nickname of Mars?

  The red planet
• Jupiter


  The biggest planet
• Galileo Galilei


  Who invented the Telescope?
• Ice


  What are the rings of Saturn mostly made of?
• Venus

  known as the morning star or evening star
• 8 minutes


  How much time do sun rays take to reach Earth?
• 67


  How many moons does Jupiter have?
• 13.8 billion years old


  How old is the universe?
• When the day and night are equal lengths

  The term 'Equinox' means
• Rotation


  A kind of motion caused by earth's rotation about its axis
• Revolution

  It is the motion of the earth around the sun
• Retrograde Motion

  type of motion backwards to the usual motion in the solar system
• Geocentric


  earth centered model of the universe
• Right Ascension


  referenced from the vernal equinox and measured eastward
• Epicycle


  small circle followed by a planet
• Star

  mass of material that gives off light
• Heliocentric


  sun-centered model of the universe
• Declination


  referenced from celestial equator and measured north or south
• Gravity


  force by which all masses attract all other masses
• Planet


  body orbiting a star that reflects light
• Diurnal Motion

  daily motion