Which type of stellar remnant is roughly Earth-sized but can have about the Sun's mass?
Correct answer: White dwarf
White dwarfs are dense stellar remnants about Earth-sized.
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Which planet is orbited by the moon Deimos?
Correct answer: Mars
Deimos is one of the two small moons of Mars.
Which moon of Jupiter is the most volcanically active body known in the Solar System?
Correct answer: Io
Io has hundreds of active volcanoes driven by tidal heating.
What is a brown dwarf?
Correct answer: An object too low in mass for sustained hydrogen fusion
Brown dwarfs are substellar objects unable to sustain ordinary hydrogen fusion.
Which space telescope was launched in 1990 and transformed astronomy with deep-space observations?
Correct answer: Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in 1990.
Which moon is the largest satellite of Saturn?
Correct answer: Titan
Titan is Saturn's largest moon.
Who discovered Pluto in 1930?
Correct answer: Clyde Tombaugh
Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto at Lowell Observatory in 1930.
Which international radiotelephony spelling alphabet word represents the letter J?
Correct answer: Juliet
In the NATO phonetic alphabet, J is represented by Juliet.
Which planet has a moon named Triton?
Correct answer: Neptune
Triton is Neptune's largest moon.
What is the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way?
Correct answer: Andromeda Galaxy
Andromeda is the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way.
questions
- Which type of stellar remnant is roughly Earth-sized but can have about the Sun's mass?
- Which planet is orbited by the moon Deimos?
- Which moon of Jupiter is the most volcanically active body known in the Solar System?
- What is a brown dwarf?
- Which space telescope was launched in 1990 and transformed astronomy with deep-space observations?
- Which moon is the largest satellite of Saturn?
- Who discovered Pluto in 1930?
- Which international radiotelephony spelling alphabet word represents the letter J?
- Which planet has a moon named Triton?
- What is the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way?
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