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What is it called when Earth falls into the shadow of the moon?
Solar eclipse
Why don't eclipses happen every month?
"Wobble" effect
Does waxing mean an increase or decrease of light?
Increase
How many phases of the moon in total?
8
Who was Zeus' wife?
Hera
How long does it take the moon to orbit Earth?
29.5 days
Who developed the nebular hypothesis?
Immanuel Kant
In what day and month would the southern hemisphere have the summer solstice?
December 21-22
What moon would have the ability to have a lunar eclipse?
full moon
How was Athena born?
Zeus' head
What are “shooting stars”?
Comets
When does the spring equinox happen?
March 21-22
Where do you need to be in order to see a total solar eclipse?
Inside the umbra
What is Corona? (in terms of the sun, we all know the other corona...)
The name of the sun’s atmosphere made visible by a solar eclipse.
Who famously flew too close to the sun?
Icarus
Which angle is the Earth axis tilted at?
23.5 degrees
True or false, the earth revolves every 24 hours.
False, it rotates
How do planets form according to the Nebular Hypothesis?
Gravitational force makes the substance collide and form a planet.
Which type of galaxy is our Milky Way?
Spiral
What did Prometheus steal to give to mortals?
Fire
Why is it always cold in the northern and southern poles?
The sunlight is hitting the surface at a lower angle, which means the sunlight doesn’t get to heat up the surface as much as it did in other places like the equator.
What is parallax?
The apparent shift in position of an object when it is viewed from different points
Between which two planets are asteroids found?
Mars and Jupiter
True or false, Saturn is the biggest planet in the solar system.
False
Who was Apollo's twin sister?
Artemis