Planetary Science Quiz

1. Which of the following planets has a revolution time which is shorter than its rotation time?

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Mars

• Uranus

Which planet looks reddish in the night sky?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Mars

• Mercury

Which female astronaut spent the maximum time in space?

• Lisa Norwak

• Kalpana Chawla

• Sunita Williams

• None of these

Which planet has the fastest revolution time?

• Mercury

• Uranus

• Neptune

• Jupiter

An astronaut in outer space will observe the sky as

• White

• Black

• Blue

• Red

Which of the following planets rotates in a direction opposite to the direction of earth's rotation?

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Mercury

What is the average distance (approximate) between the Sun and the Earth?

• 70 x 10^5 km

• 100 x 10^5 km

• 110 x 10^6 km

• 150 x 10^6 km

NASA's Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?

• Halley's Comet

• Hale-Bopp

• Hyakutake

• Tempel 1

Which of the following planets has a lesser rotation time than the Earth?

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Mercury

• Venus

 What is the name of the first woman space tourist?

• Jullian Moore

• Anousheh Ansari

• Paula Radcliffe

• Namira Salim