Questions About Us
Astronomy Club is advised by these teachers
Who are Ms. Adams and Mr. Leonard?
Formerly the 9th planet
This red planet is named after the Roman god of war
What is Mars?
The name of the largest space station that is currently orbiting the Earth
What is the International Space Station? (ISS)
These astronomical bodies have a gravitational pull so intense that not even light can escape it
What are black holes?
Our glorious club leader Kasen Patel also goes by this nickname
What is "KP"?
This region of space is found beyond the orbit of Neptune and contains several dwarf planets, including Pluto.
What is the Kuiper Belt?
NASA's famous lunar landing program shares its name with the Greek god of music, truth, and the sun.
What is Apollo?
This building, often placed on high mountaintops away from city lights, houses large telescopes and scientific instruments to study the cosmos.
What is an observatory?
Abbreviated as "AU," this unit of measurement represents the average distance from the Earth to the Sun.
What is an astronomical unit?
He was the handsome jolly good fellow that designed the poster that brought yall here
Who is Rocco?
This moon is the most massive moon in our solar system
What is Ganymede?
The brightest planet in our night sky is named after the Roman Goddess of love and beauty
What is Venus?
This famous orbiting NASA telescope launched in 1990 and gives us deep views of the universe
What is the Hubble Space telescope?
Located about 4.24 light-years away, this red dwarf is the closest known star to our Sun.
What is Proxima Centauri?
This Astronomy Club member & treasurer is officially 0-2 in Fantasy Football this year
Who is Liam Phan?
This planet is the only one in our solar system that spins clockwise
What is Venus?
This planet is the only one in our solar system to be named after a Greek god
What is Uranus?
These robotic rolling vehicles, such as Curiosity and Perseverance, are designed to explore and analyze the surface of Mars.
What is a Rover?
At roughly 2.5 million light year away, this galaxy is the closest neighbor to our galaxy
What is the Andromeda Galaxy?
Ms. Adams' dad helped work on this at NASA
What is Water Recycling?
These planets are found OUTSIDE of our solar system and thousands of such planets have been confirmed to exist
What are exoplanets?
This space program, named for the Greek moon goddess (& Apollo's twin sister), was the first to send a woman to the moon
What is the Artemis Program?
These are uncrewed spacecraft that travel far away from Earthâflying past or orbiting other planets to gather data and send it back home.
What are space probes?
This supermassive black hole can be found at the center of the milky way galaxy
What is Sagittarius A*?