Round 3

One Astronomical Unit is the average distance between ?

• Earth and the Sun

• Earth and the Moon

• Jupiter and the Sun

• Pluto and the Sun

The device employed to measure the diameters of stars and our galaxy (Milky Way) is called ?

•  Photometer

• Barometer

• Viscometer

• Interferometer

The name of the blackhole in the movie “Interstellar” was:

• Cygnus X-1

• Gargantua

• Cygnus X-3

• Pōwehi

Who among the following proposed Helio-centric model of solar system?

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Strabo

Which movie made "Houston, we have a problem" famous?

• First Man

• Apollo 13

• Gravity

• Battle Field :Earth

Phobos and Deimos are the natural satellites of which planet?

• Venus

• Neptune

• Uranus

• Mars

James Webb Telescope orbits _____________

• Earth

• Moon

• Lagrange Point 2

• None of the above

Hubble Space Telescope can see light in which region of the EM spectrum ?

• Gamma - Xray

• Xray-UV

• UV- Visible

• Visible - IR

Astronomy is the study of

• life on earth and in space.

• the positions and movements of the stars and planets and the way that some people believe they affect people and events

• Both 'a' and 'b'

• celestial objects ie everything in the universe beyond Earth's atmosphere

PSLV stands for

• Pluto Satellite Lagrange Vehicle

• Power Solar Launch Vehicle

• Perigee Satellite Lateral Vehicle

• Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle