The solar system
Astronomers and discoveries
Space names
Other
Bonus
( related things that aren't in the book)
100

What is the size of the sun?

1,392,000 km across

100

Who was the first person to find Neptune?

Urbain Le Verrier

100

Who named Pluto, and why did they name the dwarf planet Pluto?

Venetia Burney. She learned in class, that planets were named after  ancient Roman gods. When she found out that a new planet was discovered, she thought of the name Pluto, since the god Pluto didn't have a planet named after him.

100

At what angle is earth leaning on?

23.44 degrees

100

Who was the first person to reach space? And when did they go?

Yuri Gagarin went into space in April 12, 1961

200

How wide and thick are Saturn's rings?

270,000 km wide and 30 meters thick

200

Which astronomers thought there was a planet beyond Uranus but never took time to look for it and missed the chance?

James Challis and Johann Encke

200

Who named the moon's craters?

Giovanni Riccioli, he named big craters after himself and his scientist pal, Grimaldi.

200

Name all the stars that are connected to make the constellation of the Big Dipper.

Dubhe, Merak, Phekda, Megrez, Alioth, Mizar, and Alkaid. ( It's okay if you also said Alcor)

200

What telescope captured the first photo of a black hole?

The Event Horizon telescope.

300

What is the length of a year and a day on Venus?

Day: 243 year: 225

300

Who was the most famous astronomer to believe in aliens? Say their name, last name, how long they lived and specifically what they believed.

Percival Lowell (1855-1916) believed that there was a planet beyond Neptune and aliens dug canals to bring water to Mars.

300

What is the vastest valley and the highest mountain in the Solar system?

The Mariner valley and Mons Olympus

300

Which one of these scenarios could really happen?

1, Planets line up and their gravity causes earthquakes and storms on earth. 2, Aliens invade us. 3, a giant galaxy collides with the milky way and earth gets sucked into a black hole. 4, a star blows up and turns earth's atmosphere into laughing gas. 5, The sun eats the earth up. 6,  a lot Meteors drop into earth. 7, a huge comet crashes into earth. 8, A giant Asteroid smashes into earth

3,4,5,7, and 8

300

Why is a black hole called a black hole?

No light can scape them, so they always look black.

400

what is the name given to the moment the universe was formed?

The big bang

400

what is the name of the group of galaxies to which we belong?

the local group.

500

what is a Oort cloud?

A region of space filled with large lumps of rock and ice.