Statistics for Astronomy General Knowledge Quiz #1

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  • This quiz has been taken 4,010 times
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  • The average score is 12 of 20

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QuestionAnswer% Correct
Which planet in the solar system is the hottest?Venus
96%
What is believed to be at the center of the galaxy?Supermassive Blackhole
93%
What metal causes Mars' soil to be red?Iron
92%
What is Jupiter's "Great Red Spot"?A Storm
87%
What planet in our solar system has the most moons?Jupiter
84%
Because Venus has no tilt, what annual changes does it not experience?Seasons
78%
What element makes up most of the Sun?Hydrogen
77%
95% of matter is invisible. What is this type of matter called?Dark Matter
71%
The pull of the Moon and Sun on the Earth causes what effect?Tides
70%
What man-made object has traveled farthest from Earth?Voyager 1
68%
How many years pass between appearances of Halley's Comet?76 years
61%
What is the largest moon in the solar system?Ganymede
56%
What type of star has the strongest magnetism?Neutron Star
54%
What astronomer discovered that planetary orbits are elliptical?Johannes Kepler
51%
Located on Mars, what is the name of the largest volcano in the solar system?Olympus Mons
48%
What is the term for the second full moon in the same calendar month?Blue Moon
46%
Other than the Sun, what is the closest star to Earth?Proxima Centauri
44%
In Earth days, how long is Mercury's year?88 Days
31%
The amount of time the Sun takes to revolve around the center of the Milky Way is called what?A Cosmic Year
7%
What Soviet creation was the first man-made object to reach the Moon?Luna 2 (It crashed.)
6%

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