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Question	Answer	% Correct
The first man to complete one orbit of earth in space was from	Soviet Union	96%
What manmade object is the furthest from earth?	Voyager 1	96%
There are more stars in the (observable) Universe than there are grains of sand on Earth	True	89%
Imagine Earth was 1 meter in diameter, how big would the sun then be, if the ratio was kept the same?	109 meters	86%
Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun. Earth is the 3rd closest. Is Earth closer to the Sun or to Neptune?	Sun	82%
The sun and thus our solar system orbits the center of our Galaxy.	True	82%
What is the biggest moon in the solar system?	Ganymede - Jupiter	79%
Which planet has the biggest moon relative to its own size? - in other words: Which planet is most similar in size to its biggest moon?	Earth	75%
Say the International Space Station crosses directly over Berlin. Is Berlin then closer to the ISS or to Paris?	ISS	71%
Johannes Kepler discovered and proved, that planets move around the sun in elliptical orbits and not in perfect circles. When did he publish his paper?	1609	68%
In what year was this first accomplished?	1961	68%
The Sun is producing/converting a lot of energy by fusing atoms together. How much mass does the Sun lose because of fusion per second?	4 million tons	68%
What would happen if an asteroid, 200km in diameter, would hit earth directly?	it would kill all life on earth and completely sterilise the planet	68%
What planet is most similar in size to earth?	Venus	68%
Pluto is much further from the sun than Earth is. Does that mean its orbital velocity (how fast it moves relative to the sun) is faster, or slower than Earth's?	Pluto moves slower	64%
Who discovered the moon?	probably some animal millions of years ago	64%
With current technology, in a perfectly planned mission, it would take about 2 months to get from Earth to Mars.	False	54%
How many men have walked on the moon?	12	43%
Who first introduced the idea of the heliocentric model - the theory that not earth, but the sun is the center of the solar system?	Aristarchus of Samos, in 280 BC	43%
If the Sun was replaced by a black hole of equal mass, the Earth would be sucked in pretty quickly	False	36%