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Solar System
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Astronomy
11th Grade
04/29/2008

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How long ago was the ELE that wiped out the dinosaurs?
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65 million years
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name 3 dwarf planets
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Pluto, Eris, Ceres
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What spacecraft landed on asteroid Eros?
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NEAR Shoemaker
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What gas makes Neptune blue?
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Methane
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Name the 4 Galilean moons.
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GICE: Ganymede, Io, Calisto, Europa
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Of what planet is Titania a moon?

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Uranus
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What's the largest moon in the solar system?
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Ganymede (Jupiter)
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Triton orbits which planet?
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Neptune
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What asteroid does Dactyl orbit?
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Ida
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What planet was Magellan sent to?
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Venus
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What is located in the Gusev crater on Mars?
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Spirit
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Where is Keck's Observatory?
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Mauna Kea, Hawaii
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What's the surface temperature of Venus?
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900 degrees F
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What's the Gravitational Constant (G)?
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6.67 x 10-11
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How many miles in an AU?
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93 million
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Where do comets and asteroids chill?

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Asteroid and Kuiper Belts, Oort Cloud
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How far is 1 light year?
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5.9 x 1012
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What are the two moons of Mars?
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Phobos and Deimos
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Where is Valles Marineris?
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Mars
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How old is the universe?

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12 billion years
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When will the sun become a red giant?
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5 billion years from now
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What's the speed of light?
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186,000 mps
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Mars atmosphere is 95% what?
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CO2
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