Science BowlASTRONOMY

The rapidly moving stream of charged particles that is being driven away from the sun is known as what?

The Orion Nebula is a good example of what kind of nebula?

A major component of the interstellar media consists of charged particles which have speeds close to that of light. What are these charged particles called?

What do we call the path in the sky that the sun appears to traverse over the course of a year?

What is the term applied to the dark, relatively smooth LUNAR plains whose name is derived from the Latin for "sea"?

What is the collection of small rocky bodies, otherwise known as minor planets, 99.8 percent of whose orbits lie between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?

Elliptical, Spiral and Irregular are classifications of what type of astronomical systems?

I am a type of star with a relatively low effective temperature (3,000 to 4,000 Kelvins), and have a large radius-about 100 times that of the Sun. What am I?

A 5th magnitude star is how many times brighter than an 8th magnitude star?

What is the name given to the configuration when three celestial bodies are in a line?