A Whole New World
Define a "Hot Jupiter?"
A gas giant exoplanet that orbits very close to its host star!
Stellar event responsible for the production of most elements heavier than iron?
Supernova!
Number of Star Wars movies to date? (No special shenanigans)
11!
Only solar planet not discovered through direct observation?
Neptune!
Favorite event we've held this year?
Up to you!
Name of planets without host stars/brown dwarfs?
Rogue planets!
Difference between Type Ia and II supernovae?
Type Ia result from white dwarves exceeding their Chandrasekhar mass limit, Type II come from the core collapse of massive stars!
Number of hearts Dr. Who has?
Two!
Name of asteroids at Jupiter's Lagrange points? (Bonus points for naming convention)
Trojans! Named after Greeks in the Trojan war at L4, and Trojans in the Trojan war at L5!
Best idea for events next year?
Let the ideas roll?
Number of exoplanets discovered? (Ballpark estimate okay)
5,876!
Type of celestial object known for producing extremely regular pulses of radio waves?
A pulsar (a rotating neutron star with a magnetic axis misaligned from its spin axis)!
Species of Admiral Ackbar?
Mon Calamari (YUM)!
Names of Pluto's moons?
Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra!
Names of your incoming board members?
Caden, Raven, Ashlen, Eya, Gilad, Andrew, Isaac, and Elaina!
Method of exoplanet detection? (explain how it works)
Radial velocity, transit, beaming, etc!
The primary mechanism behind the radio emission from supernova remnants?
Synchrotron radiation — relativistic electrons spiraling in magnetic fields!
Number of aliens in the movie Aliens?
155, that's a lot of Aliens!!!
Escape velocity from Earth?
11.2 km/s!
One of the amazing faculty/grad student presenters we've had this year?
Prof. Oey, Dr. Pearce, Dr. MacDonald, and Dr. Bowens! (Robert and Colin count too)
Exoplanet that just made news for detection of dimethyl sulfide?
K2-18b!
The kind of astrophysical object powering the jets seen in active galactic nuclei (AGN)?
A supermassive black hole — accreting matter generates magnetic fields that launch relativistic jets from the poles!
Make a case for the best sci-fi spaceship?
I like the USS Voyager from Star Trek :)
Make a case for the habitability of any solar system body BESIDES earth?
Sick :)
One of the outside speakers that have presented at an SAS meeting this year?
Dr. Emma Louden / Dr. Bryan Mendez!