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14. About how many light years across is the Milky Way?
100,000
15.Which unlucky Apollo lunar landing was canceled after an oxygen tank exploded?
APOLLO 13
16.What device first proved that Earth rotates on its axis?
FOUCAULT PENDULUM
17.Which is the smallest planet in our solar system?
PLUTO
18.Which planet has a moon almost as big as the planet itself?
PLUTO
19.What distinction is Sally K. Ride known for?
FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE
20.In what year did Neil Armstrong make his historic walk on the Moon?
1969
21Only one planet in the solar system has a day which lasts longer than its year. Name this planet.
VENUS
22.What is the heavenly body Charon (pron: kar-en), that's spelled C-h-a-r-o-n?
PLUTO'S MOON
23.Where in space is Cassini's division?
BETWEEN TWO RINGS OF SATURN
24.Who was the first black American astronaut in space?
(GUION S.) BLUFORD
25.What is the Vostok 1?
THE FIRST MANNED SPACECRAFT
26. Heliocentric (pron: he-lee-o-sen-trik) means around:
THE SUN
27.Triton, Neptune's moon, has an ocean made of a liquid. What is this liquid?
NITROGEN
28. Who was the first man to classify stars according to their brightness. Was it:
HIPPARCHUS
29.For what reason was the Schmidt telescope specially built? Was it to serve as:
A SKY CAMERA
What is the star nearest to the sun?
ALPHA CENTAURI or PROXIMA CENTAURI
30.The greatest distance of a planet from the sun is called what? Is it the planet's:
APHELION
31.What is the name given to very bright meteors or bolides?
FIREBALLS