Space Physics
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This Day in History
100
This former planet was reclassified in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union.
What is "Pluto"?
100
Launched in 2021, this infrared space telescope is positioned near the Sun–Earth L2 point.
What is the "James Webb Space Telescope" (JWST)?
100
Amateur radio is also referred to with this nickname.
What is ham radio?
100
This brand of microcontrollers are used often for student robotic and computer projects.
What is Arduino?
100
On Feb 24th in 1981, she got engaged to Prince Charles.
Who is Princess Diana?
200
Stars generate energy primarily through this process in their cores.
What is "nuclear fusion"?
200
This NASA satellite, launched in 2006, was designed to study Pluto and flew past it in 2015.
What is "New Horizons"?
200
Radio waves are the "largest" and "lowest" of this type of radiation.
What is electromagnetic (EM) radiation?
200
The "Three Laws of Robotics" were created and popularized by this author.
Who is Isaac Asimov?
200
On February 24th in 1812, this French leader signed an alliance treaty with Prussia against the Russian Empire.
Who is Napoleon?
300
These icy bodies originate primarily from the Oort Cloud and develop tails when near the Sun.
What is a "comet"?
300
Launched in 1989, this spacecraft orbited Jupiter for nearly eight years before plunging into the planet in 2003.
What is "Galileo"?
300
Two popular frequencies for amateur radio and satellite communication are 144-148 MHz and 420 - 450 MHz. Name the wavelengths for either frequency.
"What is 2 meter" or "What is 70 centimeter" ?
300
This Massachusetts company is famous for their walking robots.
What is Boston Dynamics?
300
On 2/24 in 1868, this U.S. president was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
400
This law states that galaxies recede from us at speeds proportional to their distance.
What is "Hubble’s Law"?
400
Launched in 2010, this solar observatory continuously monitors the Sun and provides real-time space weather data.
What is the "Solar dynamics observatory or SDO"
400
GPS Satellites send radio signals to devices on this band/frequency.
What is the L-band (1-2 GHz) ?
400
This was the first rover on Mars.
What is Sojourner?
400
On the 24th of February in 1582, Pope Gregory XIII announced this new calendar that we still use today.
What is the Gregorian Calendar?
500
This theoretical radiation is predicted to be emitted by black holes due to quantum effects.
What is "Hawking radiation"?
500
In 2008 this Indian spacecraft confirmed the presence of water on the Moon.
What is Chandrayaan-1?
500
For High Frequency (HF) communication, radio waves can be sent around the world by "skipping" off of this atmospheric layer.
What is the ionosphere?
500
This mathematical tool is used in orientating robots and spacecraft without having gimbal-lock
What are quaternions?
500
On today's date in 1831, the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was signed ordering the removal of this native tribe from Mississippi.
What is the Choctaw Tribe?