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Astronomy Savvy

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : General Astronomy : Astronomy Savvy

Introduction:
"From the vast recesses of my mind, I've collected the most difficult facts about space I could remember and created this quiz. Hopefully, it'll provide quite a tough challenge for everyone. And, as always, please enjoy."


1. What state of matter is our Sun mainly consisted of?
    Gas
    Plasma
    Solid
    Liquid


2. The Russian-built Venera 7 visited what planet?
    Venus
    Neptune
    Pluto
    Jupiter


3. Where in our solar system would you most likely find a prominence?
    Mercury
    Charon
    Io
    The Sun


4. The Pinwheel Galaxy, a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major, is also known as M101. What does the "M" stand for?
    Main point of reference
    Mega-cluster
    Messier
    Mir


5. What galaxy is the largest member of the Local Group?
    The Milky Way
    The Andromeda Galaxy
    The Triangulum Galaxy
    Barnard's Galaxy


6. What is the name for the point when an object in orbit around the Earth comes its closest to the Earth?
    Sidereal period
    Eccentricity
    Perigee
    Albedo


7. When 3 celestial bodies within the same gravitational system align to form a straight line, what is it called?
    Syzygy
    Appulse
    Disparity
    Triple conjunction


8. An astronomical unit is the distance between...?
    The Earth and the Moon
    The center and the outermost point of our solar system
    The Sun and Proxima Centauri
    The Earth and the Sun


9. What is the maximum mass of a white dwarf in solar masses?
    ~1.00
    ~1.44
    ~2.00
    ~0.54


10. What does CMBR stand for?
    Answer: (Four Words)


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