Fascinating Astronomy 1

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1. What was the name of the man who discovered Neptune with his telescope in 1846? Galileo Galilei William Herschel Johann Galle Edmond Halley

2. What is the name of the largest moon in our solar system? Our Moon Titan Ganymede Triton

3. Which of the constellations represents a goat? Taurus Cepheus Capricornus Mensa

4. This object is a neutron star that emits pulses of radiation toward Earth as it spins. Name it! Pulsar Nebula Quasar Black Hole

5. Which comet passed so close to Jupiter, in 1994, that it was broken into fragments by Jupiter's immense gravity? Halley's Comet Hale-Bopp Shoemaker-Levy Encke's Comet

6. The Giotto space probe was launched in order to examine what type of space object? Asteroid Solar Flare Meteorite Comet

7. Aside from the Sun, Sirius is the star with the brightest apparent magnitude, as seen from Earth. What is the 3rd brightest star in apparent magnitude (after the Sun and Sirius)? Alpha Centauri Vega Betelgeuse Canopus

8. Which planet has the largest volcano and largest valley in the solar system? Earth Mars Venus Jupiter

9. What astronomer was the first to discover galaxies beyond the Milky Way? Giuseppe Piazzi Hans Lippershey Edwin Hubble Nicolaus Copernicus

10. Which of the following is not a type of galaxy? Irregular Elliptical Nebular Spiral