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Earth and Moon
100
Mars
What is known as the 'Red Planet'
100
This was the first nation to send people into space
What is the Soviet Union?
100
He was the first American to land on the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong?
100
Meteor showers are named after these
What is a constellation?
100
1 Year
What is the amount of time it takes for the Earth to orbit the Sun?
200
This is a large storm on Jupiter's surface
What is the Red Spot?
200
This model contends that the sun and planets orbit around the Earth
What is the geocentric model?
200
This probe was sent to Pluto and began sending images back in 2015
What is New Horizons?
200
Arguably the most famous comet, it returns to Earth's vicinity every 75 years, where it is visible to the naked eye
What is Halley's Comet?
200
The phenomenon where the moon 'disappears' every 28 days
What is a new moon?
300
Venus
What is the second planet from the sun, named for the Roman god of beauty?
300
He was the first to see the 4 moons of Jupiter through a telescope
Who is Galileo?
300
This was the first American to orbit the Earth
Who is John Glenn?
300
This meteor shower occurs in August with a radiant point in Perseus
What is the Perseid meteor shower?
300
These are the large round impressions left on the moon's surface due to collisions
What are craters?
400
The planet that takes the least time to orbit the sun
What is Mercury?
400
His heliocentric model states that planets orbit the sun
Who is Copernicus?
400
This was the first US space station
What is Sky Lab?
400
This planetary body was demoted from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006
What is Pluto?
400
The amount of time it takes Earth to make 1 full revolution around the sun
What 1 day?
500
This planet appears blue-green due to high levels of methane in its atmosphere
What is Uranus
500
His Geocentric Model of the solar system was accepted for 1400 years
Who is Ptolemy?
500
The first satellite launched into space
What is Sputnik?
500
It is a loose collection of ice, dust, and small rocky particles, typically with a long, narrow orbit
What is a comet?
500
These are made possible by the tilt of Earth's axis
What are seasons?