ES 32 - Astronomy (old SMS)

Who first proposed the Heliocentric model?

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Newton

• Kepler

Why was Leap Year established?

• Earth orbits every 365.25 days

• February is only 28 days

• the 11 yearly lunar cycles

• August is 31 days

Who was the first human in space?

• Yuri Gagarin

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Alan Shepherd

What is Jupiter's Great Red Spot?

• Giant storm

• giant canyon

• volcano

• aurora

What was the first man made satellite in space?

• Sputnik

• Vostok

• Enterprise

• Mercury

Objects that orbit other celestial bodies are called

• satellites

• planetessimals

• protoplanets

• asteroids

Pluto is now considered

• a dwarf planet

• a comet

• an oort cloud object

• a bolide object

What year did man first land on the moon?

• 1969

• 1965

• 1971

• 1958

Who is associated with the Geocentric model?

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Newton

The universe is believed to have began with

• the Big Bang

• the Milky Way Expansion

• a wormhole

• galactic lensing