Astronomy
Try not to space out while you answer these Astronomy questions. Reach for the stars because this trivia is out of this world. If you planet carefully, you can totally rocket!
What Mercury astronaut had a pulse rate of 170 at lift-off ?
What does the acronym LION stand for at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)?
What’s believed by many to be a satellite of Neptune that escaped its primary orbit?
What planet has the greatest number of known satellites?
Which is the fourth-nearest planet to the sun?
When a satellite is closest to Earth its position is called what?
Which nebula is contained in the constellation Taurus?
What is the approximate temperature at the surface of the Sun?
What kind of celestial bodies have been named Ericidle, Terryjones and Grahamchapman?
What comet were Heaven’s Gate cultists hoping to hitch a ride on after they died?
What does eccentricity mean to an astronomer?
The name of which artificial satellite constellation system was taken from the name of the element with atomic number 77?
Who was the first person to fly in the ‘citizen in space’ program?
What was the name of NASA’s manned space project whose astronauts were chosen in 1959?
Which telescope was launched into space on board a space shuttle in 1990?
Titan is a moon of which planet?
Titan is a moon of which planet?
What planet is most like earth in size, mass, density and gravity?
What is the only major planet of the solar system that takes its English name from Greek mythology?
In which galaxy is the Earth?
Who developed the ‘aperture synthesis’ method of radio astronomy?
What term denotes the communications and weather satellites that appear to stay above one point on the earth?
THERE ARE SOME 4000 MINOR PLANETS IN ORBIT BETWEEN MARS AND JUPITER HOW ARE THEY COLLECTIVELY KNOWN?
What kind of extraterrestrial objet has been named after the 17th-century astronomer Edmond Halley?
What was John Glen’s first spacecraft called?
Who was Emil R. Goldfus of Brooklyn, New York?
What is the real name of the evil Batman comic strip character known as the Riddler?
Carom is a form of what sport / game?
What is also known as a Chicago-style murder?
What top Hollywood star co-scripted and co-produced Head, a 1968 psychedelic musical fantasy that starred the rock group the Monkees?
Who plays Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean films?
WHICH PLANET IS CALLED BOTH THE MORNING AND EVENING STAR?
WHICH PLANET IS BETWEEN MARS AND SATURN IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM?
HOW MANY STARS MAKE UP ORION’S BELT?
WHAT IS A SEXTANT USED TO MEASURE?
Where might you find an aurora?
Which was the longest moon landing?
In astronomy, what is a white dwarf?
Where is the Hubble telescope situated?
Which is the coldest planet in our solar system?
How many astronauts walked on the moon during each Apollo moon-landing?
How far does the Sun’s gravitational influence extend?
Who were the first two men to drive on the Moon?
IF YOU ATTEMPTED TO COUNT ALL THE STARS IN THE GALAXY AT A RATE OF ONE STAR PER SECOND HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE? (IN YEARS)?
WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE NAME OF THE CONSTELLATION URSA MAJOR?
WHICH PLANET OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM HAS ITS 27 MOONS NAMED AFTER CHARACTERS FROM THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND ALEXANDER POPE?
What name is given to the shadow of the Earth on the Moon?
What is a constellation?
What name given to an autumn full moon in the northern hemisphere alludes to the brightness of the night sky that aids the shooting of migrating birds?
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