Planets
A planet that has not cleared its orbit of debris
What is a dwarf planet?
When the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon
What is a lunar eclipse?
A group of stars that seem to form the shape of a person or object
What is a constellation?
A large space rock
What is an asteroid?
The early astronomer who first used the telescope
Who is Galileo?
The rings of this planet are made of rocks, boulders, and moons.
What is Saturn?
Acceptable answers are: Phobos, Deimos, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Titan, Ariel, Miranda, Triton, Charon, etc.
The star that all other stars appear to orbit because it is directly above the axis of the Earth
What is Polaris, the North Star?
The asteroid belt is located ...
What is between Mars and Jupiter?
The early astronomer who believed Earth revolved around the Sun
Who is Copernicus?
Diamonds are possibly formed in the storms of this planet
What is Neptune?
The moons that keep Saturn's rings from drifting apart
What are shepherd moons?
An exploding star
What is a supernova?
A large ball of ice, dirt, and rocks that orbits the Sun
What is a comet?
The astronaut who famously said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This planet's atmosphere is made of thick poisonous clouds that trap the heat
What is Venus?
The different phases of the Moon
What are new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, and full?
Large bursts of fire that dart out from the sun
What are solar flares?
The belt of comets and asteroids that orbit the Sun beyond Neptune
What is the Kuiper Belt?
The siblings that discovered Uranus
Who are William and Caroline Herschel?
This planet protects Earth by pulling large comets into itself.
What is Jupiter?
Pluto's moon is unusual because ...
What is it's large size compared to the planet it orbits?
The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy. The other three kinds of galaxies are ...
What is elliptical, lenticular, and irregular?
A space rock that hits the Earth
What is a meteorite?
The astronomer who predicted that there were icy objects beyond the orbit of Neptune
Who is Gerard Kuiper?