Planetary Science
This planet in our solar system is considered a dwarf planet as of 2006.
What is Pluto?
CMB stands for ________.
What is Cosmic Microwave Background?
The "Big Dipper" is part of this constellation.
What is Ursa Major?
The NASA telescope that took this image.
What is James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)?
The PlaneWave telescope on the top of Campbell Hall is named after this person.
Who is Richard Treffers?
(will accept "Who is Treffers?")
The year the first exoplanet was discovered.
What is 1995?
The two main types of galaxies.
What are spiral and elliptical?
(100 points per correct answer)
The two types of star clusters.
What is open and globular?
(100 points per correct answer)
The two main types of optical telescopes.
What are Reflectors and Refractors?
(100 points per correct answer)
The academic advisor for the Astronomy Department.
Who is Brad Perl?
The location where dwarf planets such as Pluto, Eris, and Makemake are located.
What is the Kuiper Belt?
The estimated age of the universe in years.
What is 13.8 billion?
The number of constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
What is 88?
JWST sees this wavelength of light.
What is infrared?
(will accept "What is visible red to mid-infrared?")
UAS is celebrating our _____ anniversary.
What is 10th?
The names of Jupiter's four Galilean moons.
What is Callisto, Europa, Ganymede, Io?
(100 points per correct name)
The first image of a black hole was taken at this time.
What is April 10, 2019?
(will accept "What is 2019?")
The outermost layer of the sun.
What is the corona?
The diameter of the combined primary/tertiary mirror at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
What is 8.4 meters?
You have to take ______ (number of courses) courses in the Astronomy department to graduate with an Astrophysics degree.
What is 2 theory, 1 lab?
(will accept "What is 3?")
Name two ways that exoplanets can be detected.
What is transit, radial velocity, gravitational microlensing, direct imaging, astrometry?
The name of the measurement that relates the mass and radius of black holes.
What is the Schwarzschild radius?
List the spectral types of main sequence stars in order from hottest to coolest.
What is OBAFGKM?
The first flyby spacecraft to explore Pluto up close.
What is New Horizons?
The amount of money it cost to build Campbell Hall.
(Everyone submits a guess, the closest guess receives the points)
What is $80 million?
(closest guess receives the points)