planets and dwarf planets
what is pluto made of
solid core surrounded by ice
what is a planet out of a solar system called
a rogue planet
What main element do stars initially fuse in their cores
Hydrogen
the invisible and hypothetical form of matter that does not interact with light or other electromagnetic radiation
dark matter
how many moons do we have orbiting gas giants
226
how many moons do the rocky planets have total
3
what is a hot jupiter
a gas giant exoplanet, similar in size and mass to Jupiter, but orbiting its star at an extremely close distance, often closer than Mercury orbits the Sun
what is a brown dwarf
a celestial body that is too big to be a planet, but too small to spark nuclear fusion aka: a failed star
what is theorized to make the moon
a mars sized protoplanet crashing into a young earth
what is the most dense object in the universe other than singularities (black holes)
Neutron stars
what greek/roman god is pluto named after
the god of the underworld
what exoplanet has the most rings (bonus if you can tell how long they are)
J1407b (spans 180 million kilometers)
Which is the hottest star
Wr 102 (with a surface temp of about 200,000 Kelvin)
what is the name of the mars sized protoplanet that was theorized to crash into earth
Thea
What is a blazar
A blazar is a type of active galactic nucleus (AGN), which is a region at the center of a galaxy that emits extremely high-energy radiation, particularly gamma rays
how old is the great red spot
it is only at least 190 years old
what is the largest exoplanet
ROXs 42 Bb (a gas giant with a radius estimated to be 1.12 times that of Jupiter and a mass estimated to be nine times that of Jupiter) (wow)
what are the base traits of a black hole (the singularity)
charge, "spin", and mass
what is the name of the fith gas giant
planet "X"
what happens in the core of neutron stars
Quark soup
what happened during the grand tack
jupiter migrated orbits causing the death of early forming rocky protoplanets
how fast does the fastest exoplanet travel
1.2 million miles per hour
what type of star is Castor A
A-type Main sequence
what will happen to mars in the "Near Future"
mars will rip apart phobos and get a ring
what are the three traits of fundamental particles
mass, "spin" and carge