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1. Which planet is known as Earth's 'sister planet', because they are both similar in size, gravity and bulk composition?
 
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Saturn
 
 
2. In which US state is Palomar Observatory?
 
California
Montana
Oregon
Utah

It's in San Diego County, near the Mexican border
 
 
3. In which year did Clyde W Tombaugh discover the dwarf planet Pluto?
 
1920
1930
1940
1950
 
 
4. The apparent magnitude of a star is a measurement of its what?
 
Age
Brightness
Distance from Earth
Size
 
 
5. Which planet is well-known for its Great Red Spot?
 
Mars
Jupiter
Uranus
Pluto

It's an anticyclonic storm south of the equator
 
 
6. Which astronomer discovered four of the moons of Jupiter in 1610?
 
Copernicus
Galileo
Isaac Newton
Nostradamus
 
 
7. Who discovered the planet Uranus in 1781?
 
Thomas Harriot
William Herschel
Jeremiah Horrocks
Edwin Hubble
 
 
8. Which organization was formed in 1988 to build the largest telescope in the world built by and for amateur astronomers?
 
Group 60
Group70
Group 80
Group 90

The mirror is 70 inches in diameter
 
 
9. What nationality was the astronomer Christiaan Huygens, who in 1655 discovered Saturn's moon, Titan?
 
Belgian
Dutch
Norwegian
Polish
 
 
10. Which gas makes up the bulk of the atmosphere of Venus?
 
Carbon dioxide
Hydrogen
Methane
Nitrogen
 
 
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