AstroFest QuizKensington Conference and Events Centre

8 & 9 February 2013

Thursday, 7 February 13

Question 1 How many times larger is Neptune’s diameter

than the Earth’s?

(A) 4

(B) 8

(C) 16

(D) 32

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Question 2What galaxy is this?

(A) Andromeda

(B) Whirlpool

(C) Sombrero

(D) Sunflower

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Question 3Approximately how many times further away from the Sun than the Earth is the Kuiper

Belt?

(A) 6(B) 15(C) 40(D) 75

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Question 4

(A) Sedna(B) Pluto(C) Ceres(D) Eris

Which is the largest of the minor planets?

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Question 5

(A)160(B) 1600(C) 160 000(D)1.6 million

Approximately how many light-years away is the Large Magellanic Cloud?

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Question 6

(A)982 AD(B) 1054 AD(C) 1066 AD(D)1213 AD

In what year did the supernova that formed the Crab Nebula occur?

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Question 7

(A)Galileo Galilei(B) Sir Fred Hoyle(C) Tycho Brahe(D)Johannes Kepler

Which famous astronomer is this?

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Question 8

(A)186(B) 105(C) 88(D)72

How many officially recognised constellations are there?

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Question 9

(A)Mercury(B)Mars(C)Uranus(D)Neptune

Which planet’s moons are named after Shakespearean characters?

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Question 10

(A)Titan(B)Mars(C) The Moon(D)Vesta

Where is the highest peak in the Solar System?

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Question 11

(A)Hawaii(B) Chile(C) South Africa(D)Australia

Where can the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope be found?

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Question 12

(A)Cassini(B) New Horizons(C) Voyager 2(D)Odyssey

The first spacecraft to visit Pluto will be . . .

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Question 13

(A)1000 K(B) 6000 K(C) 12000 K(D)25000 K

Approximately what temperature is the photosphere of the Sun?

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Question 14 What is the name of the point when an

object in orbit reaches its closest point to the Earth?

(A) Sidereal Period

(B) Eccentricity

(C) Perigee

(D) Apogee

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Question 15What is it called when three Celestial bodies within the same gravitational system align to

form a line?

(A) Syzygy

(B) Appulse

(C) Disparity

(D) Triple Conjunction

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Question 16 In which country can this observatory be found?

(A) Chile

(B) Australia

(C) South Africa

(D) Japan

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Question 17Which famous astronomer is this?

(A) Johann Bode

(B) Richard Carrington

(C) Benjamin Gould

(D) Joseph Fraunhofer

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Question 18Name the spacecraft to be launched in October

of this year

(A) Hipparcos

(B) Astrosat

(C) LISA Pathfinder

(D) GAIA

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Question 19 The first variable star discovered by an

astronomer was ...

(A) Mira

(B) Vega

(C) RR Lyrae

(D) SU Tauri

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Question 20 What is the largest retrograde moon in the solar

system

(A) Nereid

(B) Triton

(C) Eris

(D) Pluto

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