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!
How many moons does Neptune have?
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)?
Titan is a moon of which planet?
What planet is most like earth in size, mass, density and gravity?
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?
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?
What is the only major planet of the solar system that takes its English name from Greek mythology?
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?
WHAT IS THE LARGEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM?
WHAT ‘H’ GAVE HIS NAME TO A COMET?
WHICH IS THE NEAREST STAR TO OUR SOLAR SYSTEM?
WHAT IS THE LATIN NAME FOR THE NORTH STAR?
Which planet is covered by clouds of sulphuric acid?
What are the three largest planets in the solar system?
J G Galle discovered it in 1846 – discovered what?
How far is the nearest black hole?
What planet’s 17th moon, discovered in 1999, was saddled with the designation S/1999J1?
When was the first Pioneer space probe launched?
How much would 100 pounds here on earth weigh on the moon?
What are cosmic rays?
WHICH TYPE OF FULL MOON FOLLOWS A HARVEST MOON?
WHAT ‘O’ IS WHERE ASTRONOMERS WORK?
WHAT IS THE FIRST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM ALPHABETICALLY?
WHAT ‘HC’ WAS LAST SEEN IN 1985?
Which planet is usually the furthest form the Sun, but sometimes is not?
What is the most distant object visible to the naked eye?
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