How well do you know space?
1
Which planet would you find 5th from the Sun?
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
45% got this right
Jupiter is the first of the Gas Giants.
2
Which planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury
84% got this right
It speeds around the Sun every 88 days, traveling through space at nearly 29 miles (47 kilometers) per second.
3
Phobos and Deimos are the Moons of which planet?
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Uranus
36% got this right
They are irregular in shape. Both were discovered by American astronomer Asaph Hall in August 1877.
4
Which of these is not a moon of Jupiter?
Titan
Europa
Io
Ganymede
28% got this right
Titan is a moon of Saturn, the rest all belong to Jupiter.
5
Who was the first person to travel into space?
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
Alan Shephard
Pavel Popovich
37% got this right
The Soviets sent the first person in to space in 1961.
6
In what year did man first land on the moon?
1969
64% got this right
The first human-made object to touch the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2, on 13 September 1959.
7
Ceres, Pallas & Vesta are all what?
Asteroids
Planets in the next solar system
Telescopes
Stars
38% got this right
Discover the four asteroid goddesses in astrology – Ceres, Pallas, Juno And Vesta.
8
Which constellation contains the stars Castor and Pollux?
Gemini
Sagittarius
Cassiopeia
The Big Dipper
24% got this right
Gemini is dominated by Castor and Pollux, two bright stars that appear relatively very closely together forming an "O"
9
What is the name of the hottest planet in the solar system?
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
46% got this right
Although Mercury is the closest Venus is the hottest.
10
What is the name of this man made object?
The International Space Station
Star Wars Defense
Apollo 11
Sputnik
67% got this right
The station serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory in which scientific research is conducted
