Our Sun
The SUN is an average sized star....
TRUE or FALSE
What is TRUE!
Stars are made mostly of these gasses.
What are HYDROGEN and HELIUM?
This former planet is now classified as a dwarf planet.
What is Pluto?
The items in this category all orbit this.
What is THE SUN?
Optical telescopes on Earth are best located here.
What is the HIGHEST ELEVATION POSSIBLE?
The Sun provides ___________ for Earth.
What is Thermal and Light ENERGY?
This constellation contains Betelgeuse and Rigel.
What is ORION?
The typical shape of dwarf planets.
What is SPHERICAL?
It's nickname is the DIRTY SNOWBALL.
What is a COMET?
The name of NASA's first manned mission to LAND on the moon
What is APOLLO 11?
This allows the sun to give us night and day.
What is the ROTATION of the Earth?
This is the color of the HOTTEST stars.
What is BLUE?
Dwarf Planets orbit this.
What is THE SUN?
A shooting star's proper name.
What is a METEOR? (NOT a meteoroid or meteorite!)
The James Webb Telescope orbits this.
What is THE SUN
Allows the Sun to keep all of the planets in orbit.
What is GRAVITY?
The stars appear to move in the sky because of this.
What is EARTH'S REVOLUTION AROUND THE SUN?
Dwarf Plants can't clear this due to low gravity.
What is the AREA or NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THEM?
These are the two types of tails that trail COMETS.
What are the ION tail and the DUST tail?
This is the name of NASA's current mission BACK TO THE MOON.
What is ARTEMIS?
This many Earths could fit inside the Sun.
What is about 1,000,000 (one million)
This is one of THREE possible endings for a star.
What are BLACK HOLE, NEUTRON STAR, or BLACK DWARF?
One of two places Dwarf Planets are found.
Where are the ASTEROID BELT or the KUIPER BELT?
The size range of asteroids.
What is 10km - 1000km or a few feet to hundreds of miles wide?
Telescopes gather and focus this.
What is ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES FROM SPACE?