Celestial motion
History
Stars
Scale
Riddles
100

If earth's revolution stayed the same, but the rotation switched direction, where would celestial bodies rise

What is the west?

100

Tycho Brahe's data let Kepler to the realization that Copernicus was correct in creating this type of model

What is heliocentric?

100

The constellation with Polaris

What is Ursa Minor?

100

The moon is what fraction the size of the Earth

What is 1/50th?

100

The opposite of popular Instagram photoshoots

What is blue hour?

200
The moon appears smaller when it's high in the sky because
What is it's not compared to objects on the horizon?
200

Copernicus said that the orbits of the planets was what shape

What is elliptical?

200

This represents the relative brightness of the stars as we see them in the sky

What is absolute magnitude?

200

Mars is what fraction of the Earth

What is ~1/2?

200

Marky Mark's twin took an accidental pitstop somewhere. What is the name of this somewhere backwards? 

What is SRAM?

300

True or False, the moon and the sun can never be above the horizon at the same time

What is false?

300
Name the ancient civilization that was always stoked for the summer solstice and why 

What is the Egyptians because the Nile River flooded?

300

Of the three stars, which is "actually" the brightest?

Star A: 5 m

Star B: 10 m

Star C: 15 m

What is Star A?

300

True or False, Uranus is smaller than Neptune

What is false?

300

Even this could not deter Bruce Willis

What is a pending asteroid impact?

400

Retrograde motion is the occasional ____________ motion of the planets relative to the ____________

What is westward and stars?

400

Albert Einstein said these two factors can adjust to maintain the constant nature of the speed of light

What is time and space?

400

Luminosity depends on

What is a star's temperature and radius?

400

The average distance between the Earth and the Sun

What is 1 AU?

400

Intensive heat flashes can disrupt frequency

What is solar flares?

500

The days the sun passes across the celestial equator and night and day are equal length

What is the equinox?
500

This Greek philosopher reasoned that the Earth was spherical because circles were considered perfect shapes

What is Pythagoras?

500

Constellations are visible at different times throughout the year due to 

What is the nighttime side of Earth is facing different parts of our galaxy as Earth orbits the Sun?

500
The halfway point between the Sun and the Keiper Belt

What is Uranus?

500

We love this little guy and some say goodnight to it, but it's gradually leaving us

What is the moon?

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