Statistics for Astronomy Decoder

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	Hint	Answer	% Correct
E	Where humans live	Earth	99%
G	Milky Way or Andromeda, e.g.	Galaxy	98%
L	300,000 kilometers per second: Speed of _____	Light	98%
N	Astronaut Armstrong	Neil	98%
M	Closest planet to the Sun	Mercury	97%
N	8th planet in the Solar System	Neptune	96%
E	Event where the Moon comes between the Earth and the Sun	Eclipse	95%
T	Rising and falling of the ocean, caused by the Moon	Tides	93%
F	The sun and the Earth both have a magnetic _____	Field	91%
A	Free floating bit of cosmic rock	Asteroid	90%
A	Belief that the stars and planets influence events; horoscopes	Astrology	89%
O	"Hunter" constellation containing Rigel and Betelgeuse	Orion	86%
N	Phase of the Moon where it appears dark	New	83%
A	NASA lunar program	Apollo	82%
I	First name of the philosopher that defined the Theory of Gravity	Isaac	82%
N	Cloud of gas where stars might form	Nebula	77%
D	Rock star astronomer Neil _______ Tyson	deGrasse	74%
	Quote	One giant leap for mankind	72%
I	Space between stars or an Anne Hathaway movie	Interstellar	68%
K	Belt of objects beyond the above	Kuiper	55%
P	A fully or partially ionized gas	Plasma	49%
O	"Cloud" around the solar system where comets originate	Oort	45%
R	When an object moves in the reverse sense of “normal” motion	Retrograde	41%