Radiation astronomy/Kuiper belts/Quiz

Positions of known outer Solar System objects.
The centaurs lie generally inwards of the Kuiper belt and outside the Jupiter trojans.

Sun   Jupiter trojans (6,178)   Scattered disc (>300)   Neptune trojans (9)

Giant planets: J · S · U · N   Centaurs (44,000)   Kuiper belt (>100,000)

Credit: WilyD.

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Which of the following is not a first astronomical source of rotation?

	early Jupiter
	the solar wind
	the diffuse X-ray background
	early Saturn
	Mount Redoubt in Alaska
	the asteroid belt
	the former protoplanetary disc around the Sun
	the Sun
	the Kuiper belt

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Complete the text:

Match up the letter of the spherical object with each of the possibilities below:

Sun - A

Mercury - B

Venus - C

Earth - D

Moon - E

Mars - F

Ceres - G

Jupiter - H

Callisto - I

Europa - J

Ganymede - K

Io - L

Enceladus - M

Titan - N

Uranus - O

Titania - P

Neptune - Q

Triton - R

Pluto - S

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Which of the following is characteristic of the scattered disc

	a distant region of the solar system
	the dwarf planet Eris
	orbital eccentricites ranging up to 0.8
	inclinations as high as 50°
	perihelia greater than 30 AU
	Dysnomia

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Complete the text:

Match up the description with each of the optical astronomy possibilities below:

Palomar's 5 m - L

adaptive optics poc - M

AO actuators - N

Mars Global Surveyor - O

star-forming region - P

Warner & Swasey - Q

protoplanetary nebula - R

SkyMapper - S

Mauna Kea - T

full-color of Mercury - U

Hubble Space Telescope of carbon star - V

supernova remnant - W

HESS - X

line of sight - Y

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True or False, The Russian Okno system is an optoelectronic, manually operated system for monitoring and surveillance of space objects integrated to the KRONA system of space recognition.

	TRUE
	FALSE

6

What may be the first astronomical source referred to by the term "God"?

	early Jupiter
	the solar wind
	the diffuse X-ray background
	early Saturn
	Mount Redoubt in Alaska
	the asteroid belt
	the former protoplanetary disc around the Sun
	the Oort cloud
	the Kuiper belt

7

Which of the following are X-ray astronomy phenomena that may be associated with comets?

	lightning
	solar wind
	a sunward region
	a geocorona
	minerals high in magnesium
	solar X-rays
	diffuse X-ray background
	low-oxygen conditions

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True or False, The astronomer Clyde Tombaugh is the discoverer of Charon.

	TRUE
	FALSE

9

The first astronomical source of daylight may have been?

	early Jupiter
	the solar wind
	the diffuse X-ray background
	early Saturn
	Mount Redoubt in Alaska
	the asteroid belt
	the former protoplanetary disc around the Sun
	the Sun
	the Kuiper belt

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True or False, The US Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) base at Diego Garcia is located just off the coast of southern California.

	TRUE
	FALSE

11

Which of the following is associated with Pluto?

	a dwarf planet
	a member of the Oort belt
	the northern polar region has brightened
	the southern polar region has darkened
	its overall redness has decreased
	extreme axial tilt

12

With respect to protoplanetary disks what green mineral has been found?

13

"The spectrum of gaseous methane at 77 K in the 1.1-2.6 µm region [is] a benchmark for"

14

True or False, Pluto is in the Kuiper belt.

	TRUE
	FALSE

15

A cloud at nearly a quarter of the distance to Proxima Centauri is called the

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What may be the first astronomical source of the rocky objects in the solar system?

	Jupiter
	the solar wind
	the diffuse X-ray background
	Saturn
	Mount Redoubt in Alaska
	the asteroid belt
	the former protoplanetary disc around the Sun
	the Oort cloud
	the Kuiper belt

Hypotheses

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See also

• Astronomy/Quiz
• Green astronomy/Quiz
• Planetary science/Quiz
• Radiation astrochemistry/Quiz
• Radiation astrogeography/Quiz
• Radiation astrohistory/Quiz
• Radiation astronomy/Quiz
• Theoretical radiation astronomy/Quiz

External links

• International Astronomical Union
• NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database - NED
• NASA's National Space Science Data Center
• The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
• SDSS Quick Look tool: SkyServer
• SIMBAD Astronomical Database
• SIMBAD Web interface, Harvard alternate
• Spacecraft Query at NASA
• Universal coordinate converter

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