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Fascinating Astronomy 1

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Introduction:
"This is Funtrivia's original astronomy quiz, created in early 2000. Please enjoy and good luck to you...the questions should not be that tough!"


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


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


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!
    Quasar
    Black Hole
    Nebula
    Pulsar


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
    Canopus
    Betelgeuse
    Vega


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


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?
    Elliptical
    Nebular
    Spiral
    Irregular


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