Which planet's largest moon is called Oberon?
Correct answer: Uranus
Oberon is one of the largest moons of Uranus.
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Can You Beat 8/10? | Space Quiz
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Can You Beat 8/10? | Space Quiz
Test yourself with this Space quiz and see how many you can get right.
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This quiz focuses on Space. Test what you already know, then use the explanations below to turn the questions into useful learning points.
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Use these explanations after the challenge to understand the correct answers and discover a little more about the subject.
Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Correct answer: Mercury
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun.
Which Apollo mission was the final crewed mission to land on the Moon?
Correct answer: Apollo 17
Apollo 17 made the final crewed Moon landing of the Apollo program in 1972.
Which planet has the largest axial tilt relative to its orbital plane if retrograde rotation is expressed as a tilt greater than 90 degrees?
Correct answer: Venus
Venus has an axial tilt of about 177 degrees when its retrograde rotation is represented conventionally.
Which Mars rover landed in Gale Crater in 2012?
Correct answer: Curiosity
NASA's Curiosity rover landed in Gale Crater in August 2012.
Which planet's rotation period is about 10.7 hours, making its day second-shortest among the planets?
Correct answer: Saturn
Saturn rotates in roughly 10.7 hours, slower only than Jupiter among the planets.
Who was the first human to travel into space?
Correct answer: Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin orbited Earth aboard Vostok 1 in April 1961.
Which planet was the first to be discovered with the aid of a telescope?
Correct answer: Uranus
William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781 using a telescope.
What is the smallest planet in the Solar System?
Correct answer: Mercury
Mercury is the smallest of the eight planets.
Which astronomer discovered the first pulsar, with Antony Hewish's research group?
Correct answer: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
The correct answer is Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
questions
- Which planet's largest moon is called Oberon?
- Which planet is closest to the Sun?
- Which Apollo mission was the final crewed mission to land on the Moon?
- Which planet has the largest axial tilt relative to its orbital plane if retrograde rotation is expressed as a tilt greater than 90 degrees?
- Which Mars rover landed in Gale Crater in 2012?
- Which planet's rotation period is about 10.7 hours, making its day second-shortest among the planets?
- Who was the first human to travel into space?
- Which planet was the first to be discovered with the aid of a telescope?
- What is the smallest planet in the Solar System?
- Which astronomer discovered the first pulsar, with Antony Hewish's research group?
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