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Planets
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Largest moon in the solar system
What is Ganymede
100
A Hertzsprung-Russell diagram is a two dimensional graph that compares stars by what two characteristics
What is temperature and brightness
100
A planet's closest approach to the sun
What is perihelion
100
The orbits of the planets are symmetrical ovals called
What is ellipses
100
Known for its rings
What is Saturn
200
During what phase of the moon is the entire sunlit side visible
What is full moon
200
The explosion of a star
What is supernova
200
Visible portion of the sun
What is photosphere
200
Frozen chunks of ice and dust that orbit the sun
What is comets
200
outermost planet in the solar system
What is Neptune
300
Mars two moons
What is Deimos and Phobos
300
A small group of stars that is used to forma a picture to represent and object
What is asterism
300
Unit of measurement is approximately equal to the distance between the sun and the earth
What is astronomical unit
300
An object that orbits another object
What is satellite
300
fastest moving planet
What is Mercury
400
Period of time that the moon takes to orbit the earth
What is lunar month
400
This star is found in the constellation Lyra
What is Vega
400
The convection cells that cover the sun's visible surface
What is granules
400
A small group of icy objects orbit the sun outside the orbit of the outermost planet
What is Kuiper belt
400
largest planet in the solar system
What is Jupiter
500
the phenomenon in which the moon passes between the sun and the earth is
What is solar eclipse
500
The Summer Triangle is formed by what 3 stars
What is Deneb, Vega, and Altair
500
The flame-like columns of gas that continually erupt from the lowest layer of the suns atmosphere
What is spicules
500
Which planet do the Trojan asteroids share an orbit
What is Jupiter
500
Gas giant planet that seems to lie on its side
What is Uranus