Pluto Party Puzzles

What year was Pluto officially discovered?

• 1998

• 1933

• 1930

• 1887

How many moons does Pluto have?

• 5 moons

• 1 moon

• 7 moons

• 2 moons

• 4 moons

What are the names of Pluto’s moons?

• Charybdis, Scylla, Chiron, Hera, Hydra

• Circe, Ulysses, Antigone, Nyx

• Diana, Juno, Styx,

• Charon, Nyx, Styx, Kerberous, Hydra

Where was the observatory where Pluto was first spotted?

• Greenwich, England

• San Diego, California

• Flagstaff, Arizona

• Atacama, Chile

Who named the planet Pluto?

• A high school chemistry teacher

• An 11 year old girl

• A famous astrologer

• The chairman of General Motors

Who discovered Pluto?

• Clyde W. Tombaugh

• Wilford W. Clyde

• Clyde C. Barrow

• Daniel C. Johnston

When was Pluto wrongfully stripped of its title and outrageously declared a dwarf planet?

• 2000

• 2006

• 2004

• 2008

How far is Pluto from the sun?

• 12.3 billion miles

• 2.1 billion miles

• 3.7 billion miles

• 723 million miles

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What was the name of the first spacecraft to fly past Pluto?

• Voyager 2

• New Horizons

• None (none have passed it)

• Sputnik

What is Pluto composed of?

• Iron and rock

• Hydrogen and helium

• Ice and rock

• Ice and hydrogen

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