Fascinating Astronomy 1

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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 Our Moon Triton Ganymede

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

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

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

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)? Canopus Betelgeuse Alpha Centauri Vega

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

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

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