Mythology
A Constellation named after a bear
Ursa Major, Ursa Minor
Describe terrestrial planets
They are made up of rock, silicate, water and/or carbon
What is a star system?
A group of asteroids, planets, and other objects that orbit a star
What is the name of our galaxay?
The Milky Way
A branch of astronomy
Astrophysics, cosmology, aeronautics, astrometry, etc
What is Polaris?
The North Star
What is an exoplanet?
A planet outside of our solar system
The name of humongous groupings of gas, dust, and stars
Galaxies
The name of an object between gas giants and stars
Brown dwarfs
The mission that landed on the Moon
Apollo 11
The Morning Star is ...
Another name for Venus
Name a moon of Jupiter
Io, Europa, Callisto, etc
The distance of a lightyear
Roughly 6 trillion miles or 9.5 trillion kilometers
The point of a black hole where, after it is crossed, nothing cannot escape from the singularity within
Event Horizon
The literal definition of astronomy
The Law of the Stars
Which god is most regularly referenced in terms referring to the sun?
Helios
What is the belt of objects, similar to the asteroid belt, beyond Neptune that includes Pluto called?
The Kuiper belt
Dead core of a red giant
White dwarf
What is redshift/blueshift?
How the wavelength of light changes based on how fast an object is moving towards or away from something
Name any satellite
Hubble, JWST, Juno, Galileo, Voyagers, etc
Who where the Pleiades in Greek Mythology?
Companions of Artemis who where turned into stars to escape someone who was pursuing them
The name of the hypothetical planet orbiting beyond Pluto
Planet X
What is the name of the star that is the closest to the Sun?
Alpha Centauri star system, Proxima Centauri, Alpha Centauri C
Describe Spagettification
When something is stretched impossibly thin by the gravity of a black hole
What satellite has traveled furthest from the Earth?
Voyager 1