Planets
Which planet is known as the "Red Planet"?
Mars
What is the closest star to Earth?
The Sun
What do we call the other side of the moon?
The Dark Side
(said in a spooky Darth Vader voice)
meteorite
150 million kilometres
What planet has the most rings in our solar system?
Saturn
What process powers the Sun?
Nuclear Fusion
27.3 days
What the largest object orbiting the Sun other than a planet or dwarf plant?
Asteriod
What does a light year mean?
the distance that light travels in one year
Name the largest planet in our solar system.
Jupiter
What do you call many charged particles leaving the surface of the sun, and then returning back to the surface in an arc?
solar prominance
During what lunar phase is the dark side of the moon fully illumunated?
A new moon
Meteor
[1 AU = 150 000 000 km]
225 000 000 km or 2.25x108km
What is the closest planet to the Sun?
Mercury
What do we call a cool area on the surface of the sun?
a sun spot
What lunar phase comes right before the last quarter?
Waning gibbous
What are comets made out of?
rock, ice and dust
Polaris is a nearby star that is 430 ly away from Earth. If the star went super nova today, when would we see it?
430 years from now. (the year 2455)
Which planet has the most moons in our solar system?
Saturn (274 moons)
What is the approximate age of the sun?
around 4.5 Billion years old.
Where did the Apollo 11 mission land on the moon?
The Sea of Tranquility
What is the name for the area on the outer limit of our solar system? (where the sun's gravity no longer has an influence)
The Oort Cloud
How many minutes does it take light to traves from the sun to the Earth?
(Hint, light travels 300,000 km/s)
8.3 minutes or 500 seconds