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Astronomy Trivia
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What year was Pluto discovered?
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What do we call a group of stars that form a pattern?
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How many planets are in our solar system?
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What is parallax in astronomy?
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What planet has the most moons?
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What is the Oort Cloud?
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What is an exoplanet?
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What is orbital resonance?
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What are the rocky objects between Mars and Jupiter called?
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What is the term for when Earth blocks sunlight from the Moon?
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What is the Planck epoch?
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What is a nebula?
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What is the study of space called?
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What is the force that keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?
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What is tidal locking?
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What color is Mars?
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What is dark matter?
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What is a light-year?
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What is the habitable zone?
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What planet is tilted on its side?
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What is the Great Dark Spot on Neptune?
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What is gravitational lensing?
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What is apparent magnitude versus absolute magnitude?
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What planet has a moon called Titan?
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What is a shooting star?
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What is the cosmic web?
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What is a Type Ia supernova?
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What is the luminosity class system?
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What is recombination in cosmology?
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What is dark energy?
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What is the name of the first human in space?
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How long is a day on Venus?
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What is the stellar classification sequence?
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What is Hubble's Law?
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What is the Hill sphere?
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What is the cosmic distance ladder?
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What causes day and night on Earth?
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What is the diameter of the Sun?
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What is the Hubble constant's approximate value?
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What causes the aurora borealis (northern lights)?
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What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
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What is the closest star to Earth?
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How long does it take Earth to orbit the Sun?
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What is the name of Mars's largest moon?
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What percentage of the universe is baryonic matter?
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What is the name of the International Space Station?
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How many moons does Jupiter have?
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What is redshift?
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What is the parsec?
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How far is one astronomical unit (AU)?
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What is Earth's natural satellite called?
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What is a black hole?
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What are standard candles in astronomy?
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What is the Laniakea Supercluster?
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What planet is famous for its rings?
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What are sunspots?
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What is the name of the largest asteroid in the solar system?
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How many stars are estimated to be in the Milky Way?
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What is the name of NASA's most famous space telescope?
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What is the Eddington luminosity?
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What year did humans first land on the Moon?
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What is the temperature at the Sun's core?
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What is the largest planet in our solar system?
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What is the photosphere?
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How many Earths could fit inside Jupiter?
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What planet is known as the Red Planet?
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What is the name of the famous nebula in Orion?
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What is the CNO cycle?
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What type of star is the Sun classified as?
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What year was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet?
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What is the Laplace resonance?
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What is the main sequence on the H-R diagram?
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What is the name of the spacecraft that took humans to the Moon?
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What is baryonic matter?
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What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
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What is the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?
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What is the Great Red Spot on Jupiter?
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What is the name of Earth's atmosphere layer closest to space?
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What is the metallicity of a star?
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What is the asymptotic giant branch?
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What is a pulsar?
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What is the Kuiper Belt?
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How many phases does the Moon have?
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What is the speed of light in a vacuum?
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What is Population I versus Population II stars?
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What is the cosmic microwave background?
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What is the Virgo Supercluster?
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What is solar wind?
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What is the brightest star in Earth's night sky?
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What is the Schwarzschild radius?
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What is the Local Group?
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What is a supernova?
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What is the name of our galaxy?
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What is the name of the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way?
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How long does it take light from the Sun to reach Earth?
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What is the cosmic inflation theory?
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What percentage of the universe is estimated to be dark matter?
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What is the second closest star system to Earth?
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What direction does Venus rotate compared to most planets?
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What is the term for when the Moon blocks the Sun?
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What is the name of Saturn's largest moon?
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What is the Hertzsprung gap?
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What is the Chandrasekhar limit?
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What is the name of Jupiter's largest moon?
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What is the triple-alpha process?
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What is the magnitude scale in astronomy?
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What is the coldest planet in our solar system?
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What is the center of our solar system?
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What was the first animal sent into space?
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What is the Great Attractor?
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What is the bright path of stars across the night sky called?
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What space telescope specifically searches for exoplanets?
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What is the estimated age of the universe?
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What is the name of the first man on the Moon?
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How many confirmed moons does Saturn have?
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What is the cosmic microwave background temperature?
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What is a comet made of?
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What is the Sun made of?
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What is the Roche limit?
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What is a neutron star?
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