Constellation Jeopardy

Basic Constellation Knowledge

100

What is a constellation made up of?

Stars

200

What is a constellation?

Group of stars that form a pic of a animal or person.

300

Are all of the most commonly known constellations official constellations?

No.

400

What are the colors of the stars that make up constellations?

White, yellow, red, blue, green.

500

In what direction of the sky were the most recent constellations found?

Southern part of the sky.

Constellation History

100

What is true about some historical constellations?

They are not recognized by the IAU ( Internationally Astronomical Union).

200

What year did the IAU ( Internationally Astronomical Union) first recognize the 88 constellations of today?

1922

300

What is the number of constellations that are officially recognized by the IAU (Internationally Astronomical Union

88 constellations.

400

What century were the first 48 constellations recognized? Hint: after 1st century, before 5th century.

2nd century.

500

How many constellations were found in the 17th and 18th centuries?

40 constellations.

Constellation Diagram

100

What is a constellation diagram?

Representation of a signal modulated by a digital modulated scheme such as quadrature amplitude modulation or phase-shift keying.

200

I-axis.

What is the in-phase of a constellation diagram?

300

What is the quadrature of a constellation diagram?

Q-axis

400

What is another name for a signal space diagram?

constellation diagram

500

2-D.

In what dimension is the scatter diagram in?

Satellite Constellation

100

a group of satellites

Group of artificial satellites working in concert.

200

24 satellites.

How many satellites does the GPS constellation have?

300

Low Earth Orbiting satellite.

What does LEOs stand for?

400

Orbit.

What is the path the satellites follow?

500

Determining the smallest number of satellites needed to provide a service, and their orbits.

Satellite constellation coverage and geometry?

Constellationsinfluence in flight

100

What is the Lockheed Constellation?

a airplane 

200

It was a human space flight program in NASA.

What was the Constellation program?

300

Civilian and U.S. military transportation.

What was the Lockheed airplane used for?

400

International space station, moon, mars, beyond.

What was the order in which NASA wanted astronauts to go for the Constellation program: mars, international space station, moon, beyond?