Astronomers
Star Facts
Space Numbers
100

What was the first Astronomer we learned about?

What is Hipparchus

100

What is the closest star to earth?

What is the Sun.

100

What is the distance from Earth to the Sun?

What is 93 million miles.

200

What is the first astronomer to suggest a heliocentric theory?

What is Copernicus.

200

What are stars made out of?

What is Helium and hydrogen.

200

What is the distance from earth to the moon?

What is 238,855 miles.

300

What is the name of the first women to be a professional astronomer?

What is Caroline Herschel

300

What is the number of stars you can see with a naked eye at night?

What is 4,000.

300

What is the number of stars in the Milky Way?

What is 100-400 billon.

400

What is the object that Galileo used to observe the sky?

What is a Refracting Telescope.

400

What is the largest discovered star?

What is Stephenson 2:18

400

What is the average distance of a star from earth?

What is about 5 lightyears away.

500

What is Newtons First law of motion?

What is an object in motion stays in motion while an object in rest stays in rest.

500

What is the approximate number of total stars?

What is about one septillion.

500

What is the distance that light can travel in light year?

what os 5.88 trillion miles.

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