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Astro Trivia Quiz - January 2021
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Which is the bright orange star in the above image?
1 point
Achernar
Aldebaran
Altair
Antares
Arcturus
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Tombaugh Regio is a prominent region on the surface of which Solar System body?
1 point
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A “parsec” is a unit of time based on a parallax angle of one arcsecond. (T/F)
1 point
True
False
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The main asteroid belt of our Solar System lies between which two planets?
1 point
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Name the planet of the Solar System whose existence was predicted mathematically.
1 point
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How many constellations are identified in the Almagest, a 2nd century treatise by Claudius Ptolemy?
2 points
28
38
48
68
88
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Four of the five highest ground-based astronomical observatories are within the borders of which nation?
2 points
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The planets make up what percentage of the total mass of our Solar System?
2 points
0.000135%
0.00135%
0.0135%
0.135%
1.35%
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Of these lunar craters, which is the oldest?
2 points
Kepler
Clavius
Copernicus
Tycho
Aristarchus
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The star Meissa is in the head of which constellation figure?
2 points
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About how many times more massive is the star Sirius A than its white dwarf companion Sirius B?
2 points
2
6
15
40
90
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As observed from planet Mars, what is the maximum angular separation between the Earth and the Moon?
3 points
7 minutes of arc
17 minutes of arc
27 minutes of arc
37 minutes of arc
47 minutes of arc
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