Space Facts
This galaxy is predicted to collide with the Milky Way in approximately 4.5 billion years
What is Andromeda?
An unusual class on campus allows UC Davis students to gain a license driving this kind of vehicle.
What is a tractor?
This person was the first to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This room is a hub for SSS meetings and work.
What is Bainer 2071?
This person is the project manager for our club.
Who is Aaron Wong?
This Italian astronomer, physicist, and mathematician was the first person to observe sun spots, craters on the moon, the phases of Venus, and Jupiter’s moons, and is often considered the father of modern science.
Who is Galileo?
This UC Davis building is colloquially known as the death star due to its strange design and difficulty to navigate.
What is the social sciences and humanities building?
This spacecraft was the first human made object to enter interstellar space, and has been exploring our solar system and beyond since 1977.
What is Voyager 1?
This UCD owned lab is not in Davis, but actually resides on the coast.
What is The Bodega Marine Lab?
This person is our recruitment lead (and currently hosting trivia).
Who is Kaori Citti?
The name of the problem that describes the unpredictability of orbits when a certain number of large celestial bodies are orbiting each other.
What is the three body problem?
The eggheads are painted white, but they are actually made of this material.
What is bronze?
This is the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth.
What is Sputnik 1?
A good place to visit if you want to appreciate some professional artwork.
What is the Manetti Shrem museum?
There are three different leads or sub leads with this first name.
What is Ethan?
The number of orbits around the sun that Neptune has completed since it was discovered in 1846.
What is 1?
UC Davis is the largest UC campus, currently sitting that this many acres.
What is 5300?
This Nasa spacecraft was launched on October 14th of this 2024 to gather samples from one of Jupiter’s moons in a search for life outside of Earth.
What is the Europa Clipper spacecraft?
This is a large, recently renamed lecture hall.
What is Kharia Lecture hall?
This person is a sub lead in both ADCS and Structures
Who is Jacob Tkeio?
Prior to the enlightenment, the model of the solar system used was called geocentrism. This is what the heavenly bodies were believed to rotate within as part of the geocentric model.
What are crystalline spheres?
One way to walk from the physics building to Roessler is to exit out the main doors and walk about 30 feet, but this way of walking between them might be a bit more fun.
What is an underground tunnel?
Of the 676 people that have gone to space, this many have died during space exploration.
What is 19?
An unofficial location to visit if you want free snacks.
The snack hole
This person is our legal and finance lead.
Who is Francesca Palo?