Planets
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Stars/Constellations
Meteors/Asteroids
Nebulas/Galaxies
100
An object moving around a star.
What is a planet?
100
Ancient instrument used to tell time.
What is a sundial?
100
A sphere of very hot glowing gas
What is a star?
100
A rock or minor planet orbiting the sun.
What is an asteroid?
100
A group of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity.
What is a galaxy?
200
The layer of gases surrounding the earth that has gravity strong enough to prevent the gases from escaping into space.
What is the atmosphere?
200
The lowest possible temperature, -273.16 degrees C.
What is absolute zero?
200
A star which is actually made up of 2 stars orbiting each other.
What is a binary star?
200
A shooting star, observed when a particle of dust enters into the Earth's atmosphere.
What is meteor?
200
A region of space around a very small and extremely massive object within which the gravitational field is so strong that not even light can escape.
What is a black hole?
300
The path the Sun, Moon, and planets all follow in the sky.
What is an ecliptic?
300
an object in outer space.
What is a celestial object?
300
The hydra
What is the biggest constellation?
300
A small, frozen mass of dust and gas revolving around the sun.
What is comet?
300
A cloud of gas and dust.
What is a nebula?
400
The outermost part of the Sun's atmosphere.
What is a corona?
400
The natural glow of the night sky due to reactions that take place in the Earth's upper atmosphere.
What is airglow?
400
the Babylonians
who invented the zodiac signs?
400
A brilliant meteor, which may explode during its descent through the Earth's atmosphere.
What is a bolide?
400
z8_GND_5296
What is the oldest/farthest away galaxy?
500
Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. In 1609, he was the first person to use a telescope to observe the skies. He discovered the rings of Saturn, was the first person to see the four major moons of Jupiter, observed the phases of Venus, and studied sunspots.
Who is GALILEO GALILEI?
500
Point directly above your head in the night sky.
What is Zenith?
500
Twinkling of stars. Due to the Earth's atmosphere.
What is a scintillation?
500
An extremely small object. They are so small that when they hit the Earth's atmosphere they do not create a shooting star effect.
What is a micrometeorite?
500
NGC 7027
What is the youngest/smallest nebula?
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