AstroSU Trivia Night #1 (EN)

What’s the name of the astronomer who discovered the four natural satellites of Jupiter, which were known as Medici Planets in the past? (Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto)

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Albert Einstein

• Jacobus Kapteyn

What is the name of the famous space probe sent to explore the depths of space?

• Sputnik-1

• Voyager-1

• James Webb

• Starlink-1

Who is the astronomer who has foreseen the existence of a belt of asteroids beyond Neptune, which was later named after said astronomer?

• Tycho Brahe

• Joseph-Louis Lagrange

• Mattias Jovian

• Gerard Kuiper

What is the name of the enormous storm system on Jupiter’s surface?

• Juno

• Hooke

• Great Red Spot

• Red Giant

Who is the first man to became the first human to journey into outer space?

• Yuri Gagarin

• Neil Armstrong

• Alan Shepard

• Felix Baumgartner

 What is the brightest star as observed from Earth?

• Polaris

• Sirius

• Betelgeuse

• Evening Star

The accident in which 9 astronauts died 73 seconds after the rocket took off on January 28, 1986, belongs to which space mission?

• Artemis

• Apollo-12

• Falcon

• Challenger

Also having an artificial satellite named after them, who has proven the relationship between the redshift of galaxies and their distance from Earth?

• Edwin Hubble

• Johannes Kepler

• Isaac Newton

• Stephen Hawking

What is the closest star to the Solar System?

• Proxima Centauri

• Procyon

• Vega

• Venus

Although Venus and Earth are very similar in terms of other characteristics, which features of them are the most different from each other?

• Core Temperature

• Volume

• Atmospheric Pressure

• Mass