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Question 1 How many times larger is Neptune’s diameter
than the Earth’s?
(A) 4
(B) 8
(C) 16
(D) 32
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Question 2What galaxy is this?
(A) Andromeda
(B) Whirlpool
(C) Sombrero
(D) Sunflower
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Question 3Approximately how many times further away from the Sun than the Earth is the Kuiper
Belt?
(A) 6(B) 15(C) 40(D) 75
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Question 4
(A) Sedna(B) Pluto(C) Ceres(D) Eris
Which is the largest of the minor planets?
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Question 5
(A)160(B) 1600(C) 160 000(D)1.6 million
Approximately how many light-years away is the Large Magellanic Cloud?
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Question 6
(A)982 AD(B) 1054 AD(C) 1066 AD(D)1213 AD
In what year did the supernova that formed the Crab Nebula occur?
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Question 7
(A)Galileo Galilei(B) Sir Fred Hoyle(C) Tycho Brahe(D)Johannes Kepler
Which famous astronomer is this?
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Question 8
(A)186(B) 105(C) 88(D)72
How many officially recognised constellations are there?
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Question 9
(A)Mercury(B)Mars(C)Uranus(D)Neptune
Which planet’s moons are named after Shakespearean characters?
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Question 10
(A)Titan(B)Mars(C) The Moon(D)Vesta
Where is the highest peak in the Solar System?
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Question 11
(A)Hawaii(B) Chile(C) South Africa(D)Australia
Where can the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope be found?
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Question 12
(A)Cassini(B) New Horizons(C) Voyager 2(D)Odyssey
The first spacecraft to visit Pluto will be . . .
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Question 13
(A)1000 K(B) 6000 K(C) 12000 K(D)25000 K
Approximately what temperature is the photosphere of the Sun?
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Question 14 What is the name of the point when an
object in orbit reaches its closest point to the Earth?
(A) Sidereal Period
(B) Eccentricity
(C) Perigee
(D) Apogee
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Question 15What is it called when three Celestial bodies within the same gravitational system align to
form a line?
(A) Syzygy
(B) Appulse
(C) Disparity
(D) Triple Conjunction
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Question 16 In which country can this observatory be found?
(A) Chile
(B) Australia
(C) South Africa
(D) Japan
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Question 17Which famous astronomer is this?
(A) Johann Bode
(B) Richard Carrington
(C) Benjamin Gould
(D) Joseph Fraunhofer
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Question 18Name the spacecraft to be launched in October
of this year
(A) Hipparcos
(B) Astrosat
(C) LISA Pathfinder
(D) GAIA
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Question 19 The first variable star discovered by an
astronomer was ...
(A) Mira
(B) Vega
(C) RR Lyrae
(D) SU Tauri
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