Category: Planets

1) Who is Venus in mythology? a) God of justice b) Goddess of love c) God of wind d) God of storm 2) How is Venus sometimes referred to? (This is one of the two common references.) a) Morning Star b) Yellow Star c) Noon Star d) Blue Star 3) What is the number of Venus’ satellites? a) One b) Two c) Zero d) Three

1) Who is Mars in mythology? a) God of Weather b) King of Peace c) God of Hunting d) God of War 2) How is Mars sometimes referred to? a) Blue Planet b) Green Planet c) Red Planet d) Yellow Planet 3) Who discovered the two satellites of Mars? a) Asaph Hall b) Edwin Powell Hubble c) Simon Marius d) William Henry Pickering

1) Who discovered Uranus? a) Gerard Kuiper b) Pervical Lowell c) William Herschel d) James Watt 2) John Flamsteed saw Uranus in 1690 and he thought it to be a star. What did he call it? a) Alpha Centauri b) Proxima Centauri c) 34 Tauri d) 24 Gauri 3) What did William Herschel name Uranus? a) Albertum Sidus b) Georgium Sidus c) Henrium Sidus d) Edwardum Sidus

1) What is a black hole? a) Comet that has turned black b) Top of a galaxy c) Bottom of a galaxy d) Evolutionary end point of a massive star 2) What is the density of a black hole? a) Density of oil b) Density of water c) Density of Uranium d) Infinite 3) What can escape from a black hole? a) Air b) Water c) Nothing d) Light

1) Who discovered Pluto? a) Nicholas Copernicus b) Galileo Galilei c) Johannes Kepler d) Clyde Tombaugh 2) When was Pluto discovered? a) 1930 b) 1900 c) 1850 d) 1630 3) How many years does Pluto take to orbit the Sun? a) 160 b) 184 c) 248 d) 512

1) Who are credited with the discovery of Neptune? a) Adams and Le Verrier b) Hubble and Slipher c) Lowell and Kelvin d) Newton and Kepler 2) Galileo had observed Neptune. What did he think of it? a) Satellite b) Meteor c) Asteroid d) Star 3) Which is the outermost ring of Neptune? a) Adams b) Galatea c) Leverrier d) Galle

1) Who in 1705 predicted that the comet seen in 1531, 1607 and 1682 would return in 1758? a) Nicholas Copernicus b) Edmund Halley c) James Pettengill d) Clyde Tombaugh 2) What is the average period of orbit of Halley’s Comet? a) 22 years b) 18 years c) 76 years d) 100 years 3) When was the most famous appearance of Halley’s Comet? a) 1066 – Battle of Hastings b) 1815 – Battle of Waterloo c) 732 – Battle of Tours d) 800 - Coronation of Charlemagne

1) What is the specific gravity of Saturn? a) 1 b) 0.7 c) 1.7 d) 7 2) Which is the outermost ring of Saturn? a) A ring b) D ring c) F ring d) E ring 3) Who is Saturn in mythology? a) God of Industry b) Goddess of Earth c) God of Agriculture d) Goddess of Hunting

1) Who is Mercury in mythology? a) God of justice b) God of war c) God of wind d) God of commerce 2) What is the minimum surface temperature of Mercury? a) 72?C b) 0?C c) -10?C d) -173?C 3) What is the maximum surface temperature of Mercury? a) 122?C b) 427?C c) 285?C d) 576?C

1) Who discovered the first four satellites of Jupiter? a) Christiaan Huygens b) Johannes Kepler c) Galileo Galilei d) Thomas Pickering 2) Which spacecraft first visited Jupiter? a) Pioneer 8 b) Pioneer 10 c) Ulysses d) Volyager 1 3) Who is Jupiter in mythology? a) God of fire b) King of gods c) God of forest d) God of air