Astronomy Common Knowledge Quiz.......

[ToraToraTora]

Ok I am often told that what to me is common knowledge, especially in astronomy, is not. So I thought I'd devise a little quiz to test the water. Have a go without googling or reading the other answers first.

1) What are the 8 planets in order going out from the sun?

2) What is the largest planet on our solar system?

3) What star is the brightest in our sky and how is it found in the sky?

4) What is the hottest planet in our solar system?

5) How far away is the closest star system to ours?

6) What is the star over the north pole and how is it found in the sky?

7) What is the crab nebula the remnants of?

8) What lies in the orbital space between Mars and Jupiter?

9)  What are the 4 Galilean moons of Jupiter

10) What is a pulsar?

 

 

[newmodarmy]

I know the answers to 1 to 4 and 8 only

[ToraToraTora]

These must be too trivial!

 

[Mozz71]

1. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus (I think the last two's orbits cross, so they are occasionally the other way around)

2. Jupiter

3. The Pole Star?

4. Mercury I guess.

5. Sorry, no idea. Several billion light years?

6. Okay, so that's the Pole Star. 

7. A black hole?

8. A asteroid field

9. Sorry, dunno that one

10. Neutron Stars

[ToraToraTora]

Mozz

1.  Correct but you are thinking of Pluto and Neptune crossing

2. Correct

3. X

4. X

5. X

6. Correct

7. X

8. Correct

9. X

10. Half right

4.5/10 thanks for playing.

[Mozz71]

Surely Mercury's closeness to the sun makes it the hottest?

Unless you mean hottest looking, then it's sexy ol' Saturn 😍

[ToraToraTora]

No the hottest surface temp is not mercury, look it up. Ironically on the planet in question it's caused by a runaway greenhous effect.

[Mozz71]

Well, everyday's a school day! Thanks for the quiz, I look forward to me being a TWAU subject soon lol